n.p. By the author, 2007. SIGNED first edition - Memoir of a young man, who survived a childhood of poverty and neglect in Texas, and who joined, at age 21, the Marines - the trip to boot camp in San Diego was the first time he had left Texas - but he went on to serve in the Far East, the Gulf War, and Iraq - to become an officer and to earn a Master's Degree. SIGNED on the title page. 336 pp plus 2 pp photographs. ISBN: 9781419676932.