The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell: An Accidental Soldier's Account of the War in Iraq (THORNDIKE PRESS LARGE PRINT NONFICTION SERIES) - Hardcover

A shattering account of the war that changed his life. ("People") It's f***ing dynamite... Like Michael Herr in "Dispatches", Crawford really has it down. He's got it nailed. (Thom Jones, author of "The Pugilist at Rest") A moving, harrowing, bold and bitterly beautiful vision of the horror of war and the Americans dying in it. ("Florida Times-Union")

Potent Crawford tells tales that bring human dimensions to his situation. The New York Times

A National Guardsman who never expected to see battle writes a shattering account of the war that changed his life. People

"Tremendous...An incredibly gripping book, and incredibly well-written. It's a remarkable story...I commend [Crawford] not only for his service, but for the account of it, which is really a wonderful read." Jon Stewart, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
"Harrowing and exquisite." Time
"Takes its place among the very best tales of men at war it rings with the raw emotional energies of truth and anger and sadness." The New Orleans Times-Picayune
It's f***ing dynamite Like Michael Herr in Dispatches, Crawford really has it down. He s got it nailed. Thom Jones, author of The Pugilist at Rest

Crawford is a wonderfully descriptive writer and reading this book feels like climbing into a Humvee to patrol Baghdad in 130-degree heat. Minneapolis Star Tribune

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"Potent...Crawford tells tales that bring human dimensions to his situation." --The New York Times

"A National Guardsman who never expected to see battle writes a shattering account of the war that changed his life." --People

"Tremendous...An incredibly gripping book, and incredibly well-written. It's a remarkable story...I commend [Crawford] not only for his service, but for the account of it, which is really a wonderful read."--Jon Stewart, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

"Harrowing and exquisite."--Time

"Takes its place among the very best tales of men at war--it rings with the raw emotional energies of truth and anger and sadness."--The New Orleans Times-Picayune

"It's f***ing dynamite... Like Michael Herr in Dispatches, Crawford really has it down. He's got it nailed." --Thom Jones, author of The Pugilist at Rest

"Crawford is a wonderfully descriptive writer--and reading this book feels like climbing into a Humvee to patrol Baghdad in 130-degree heat." --Minneapolis Star Tribune

This is the "New York Times" bestseller hailed as the definitive account of life as a soldier in Iraq. John Crawford joined the Florida National Guard to pay for his college tuition - two weeks a year, and a free education. But in 2002, one term shy of graduation and on his honeymoon, Crawford was shipped off to the front lines in Iraq. Once there, he was determined to get it all down, to chronicle the daily life of a soldier in all its brutal, terrifying and heartbreaking honesty. "The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell" introduces a new literary voice forged in the most intense of environments.