Marine!, Burke Davis
Marine!, Burke Davis
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Marine!
The Life of Chesty Puller

Author: Burke Davis

Narrator: Bill Thatcher

Unabridged: 12 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/09/2019


Synopsis

The gripping story of an extraordinary American hero, the most decorated man in U.S. Marine Corps history, from a New York Times bestselling author.

In the glorious chronicles of the U.S. Marine Corps, no name is more revered than that of Lt. Gen. Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller. The only fighting man to receive the Navy Cross five separate times—a military honor second only to the Congressional Medal of Honor—he was the epitome of a professional warrior. A son of the South, descendant of Robert E. Lee, and cousin to George S. Patton, Puller began his enlisted career during World War I and moved up through the ranks as he proved his battlefield mettle in Haiti and Nicaragua, with the Horse Marines in Peking, in the Pacific Theater of World War II, and in the nightmarish winter engagements of the Korean War.

Fearless and seemingly indestructible, adored by the troops he championed yet forced into early retirement by a high command that resented his "lowly" beginnings and unwillingness to play politics, Puller remains one of most towering figures in American military history. Bestselling military biographer Burke Davis paints the definitive portrait of this extraordinary marine hero.

About Burke Davis

Burke Davis (1913-2006) was an American author and journalist best known for his narrative histories of the Civil War, including To Appomattox: Nine April Days, 1865, Sherman's March, and The Long Surrender. His acclaimed biographies of military and political figures include They Called Him Stonewall, Gray Fox: Robert E. Lee and the Civil War, Marine!: The Life of Chesty Puller, and Old Hickory: A Life of Andrew Jackson. A longtime special projects writer for Colonial Williamsburg, Davis also published many works of historical nonfiction for young readers. His numerous honors include the Mayflower Cup, the North Carolina Award for Literature, and election to the North Carolina Journalism Hall of Fame and the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Patrick on February 24, 2008

I have read this numerous times...it was often great airport reading when flying back and forth to the States from Okinawa or while waiting for the plane to show up on the way to or from a deployment. I also read it twice in college and once during my time at Infantry School at Camp Geiger. It's a g......more

Goodreads review by George on October 10, 2017

Semper Fi. “…it is a matter of life or death for officers and noncommissioned officers to have respect from the men—and something more. Adulation. They must obey orders to the letter, without question, though they die for it. It is the only way to handle men in combat. If you lose control, you lose l......more

Goodreads review by Geoff on December 07, 2015

This is one of those books you read for truly no reason at all. I picked up a copy while hitching around Minneapolis back in May, and just finished it tonight. It was there, I read it. I started the book in the hope that Chesty Puller would be as interesting as Smedley Butler. Too much to ask. Instea......more

Goodreads review by Michael on August 06, 2022

WHEW! What a roller coaster ride this book was. What a life this man had! You don't have many leaders like this one, that is for sure. Especially in the military. This man sought out war, much akin to his cousin, George S. Patton. When he went in to do a job, he learned every aspect of that job. Eve......more

Goodreads review by Shea on January 14, 2025

Completing this book today amidst Pete Hegseth's confirmation hearing is interesting. Hegseth faced repeated questioning about his views of women in combat roles (namely that they ought not be there). This was railed against by Senators as though it was a ludacris and offensive perspective. I wonder......more