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Fortunate Son: The Autobiography of Lewis B. Puller Jr.

Lewis B. Puller

The Pulitzer Prize-winning chronicle of a different kind of hero. Lewis Puller went to Vietnam the son of a military legend. But when he tripped a booby-trapped howitzer round, his career as a soldier ended--and his battle to reclaim his life began. "An extraordinary story of survival. And of love".--Washington Post. Photographs.

Memoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Autobiography · high confidenceMemoir & Autobiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Memoir & Autobiography -> Memoir & AutobiographyGoogle Books: Biography & Autobiography -> Memoir & AutobiographyGoogle Books: Biography & Autobiography -> BiographyMilitary Biography

Award History

1 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Pulitzer Prize in Biography or AutobiographyMajor1992WinnerSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    • Lewis B. Puller Jr.90%

  2. 02 Central places

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  3. 03 Suggested argument

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  4. 04 Reading orientation

    35 / 100 academic

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Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 72%.