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Title: No Name on the Bullet: A Biography of Audie Murphy by Don Graham ISBN: 0-670-81511-X Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: August, 1989 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.83 (6 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Audie Murphy, A Flawed Hero
Comment: Don Graham's book, "No Name on the Bullet," is out of print, but I think should be reprinted. Bios of Audie Murphy are either too worshipful or try to highlight his all too obvious flaws. Mr. Graham to his credit does neither. No doubt he clearly admires Murphy's accomplishments as a soldier but he is less than enamored with his postwar record. Murphy fans will either love or hate this book. I enjoyed it, though I had to deduct a star when Mr. Graham wrote that the Battle of the Bulge began on December 18 (it opened on the 16th). If you make a basic mistake on that level, your book might have other such errors. Still, it's a good book and if you want an honest portrait of this tragically flawed hero, you won't do any better than this.
Rating: 4
Summary: still my hero after all these years-audie murphy
Comment: I read a review of this book in the early 90's,and decided I had to read it.I think I saw all his movies ,good and bad ones,it did'nt matter.Growing up in the fifties and sixties I always admired Audie Murphy,playing boys games I always played him.To get the book was an exersize by itself.My aunt in New York tried most stores until one ordered it for her.It took nearly 6 months to locate and deliver.I savoured the book reading it twice.My hero was in trouble, again,I hoped he will make it,drugs,insomnia,bankruptcy,I was sad,butI still loved my hero.I will cherish this book forever.But this was not to be as working on a tug supply boat on the east coast of Trinidad a US engineer from Louisiana asked to read the book while I had time ashore,the boat went down a few days later,all personel were saved,except my book.I have tried to get another copy whenever I travel but have not been sucessful.It is ironic that I lost Audie and the book tragically.I still think of him and look for his movies.Whether Mr.Graham did justice to Audie Murphy or not,Audie Murphy will always be my hero.
Rating: 5
Summary: TO HELL, AND NOT QUITE BACK.
Comment: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS ENGLISH PROFESSER DON GRAHAM DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF RESEARCH AND WRITING HERE. 'NO NAME ON THE BULLET' HITS ITS MARK WITH ACCURACY AND EMOTIONAL ENERGY. WHY SOMEONE HASNT MADE A MOVIE ABOUT MURPHYS POST WAR TRAUMA BASED ON THIS BIOGRAPHY IS BEYOND REASON. THIS TEXT SHOWS HEROES IN A LIGHT NOT ALL THAT RIGHTEOUS BUT DANG SURE REALISTIC. MURPHYS AFTER THE FACT LIFESTYLE AND HIS EMOTIONAL UNRAVELING IS PRSENTED IN A FACTUAL MANNER WITHOUT BEING DISRESPECTFUL OR PATRONIZING TO THIS GREAT HERO. THIS BOOK DOCUMENTS AUDIES MIRACULOUS WARTIME ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND THEN FOCUSES ON THE LIFELONG BATTLES HE FOUGHT AFTERWARDS. IT IS WRITTEN IN A CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER WITH THE VARIOUS EVENTS INTERPRETED IN AN ALMOST SURGICAL PSYCOLOGICAL MANNER. I COULDNT PUT IT DOWN. IT IS FACT THAT BECAUSE OF ITS FEROCITY STIMULATES LIKE FICTION. DON GRAHAM SHOULD HAVE RECIEVED HIGH PRAISE UPON THIS BOOKS RELEASE IN 1989. THE FACT THAT A TEXAS WRITER IS COMMENTING ON A
FELLOW TEXAN HERO ADDS A TOUCH OF ADMIRATION TO THE MIX. FORGET WHAT POLITICAL CORRECTNESS CALLS A HERO, AUDIE MURPY WAS THE GENUINE ARTICLE. AND GRAHAMS BOOK IS THE BEST IVE SEEN ON THIS SUBJECT.
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Title: American Hero: The Life and Death of Audie Murphy by Charles Whiting ISBN: 0953867706 Publisher: J Whiting books Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $26.99 |
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Title:No Name on the Bullet ASIN: B0001FVDW8 Publisher: Umvd Pub. Date: 01 June, 2004 List Price(USD): $14.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $12.73 |
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Title: To Hell and Back by Audie Murphy ISBN: 0805070869 Publisher: Owl Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title:The Red Badge of Courage ASIN: B00007G1ZO Publisher: Warner Home Video Pub. Date: 04 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $17.98 |
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Title:To Hell and Back ASIN: 6300181154 Publisher: Universal Studios Pub. Date: 30 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $9.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $9.98 |
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