Devil Dog
The Amazing True Story of the Man Who Saved America
1st Edition
Published on 5. October 2010
160 pages
978-1-4391-1774-3 (ISBN)
Description
The thrilling illustrated biography of Major General Smedley Butler, the Devil Dog Marine who fought for America across the world, cleaned up the streets of Philadelphia, and foiled a plot to overthrow FDR.
Devil Dog brings to life extraordinary feats of bravery, violence, and redemption that history has forgotten. These stories are so dramatic and thrilling they have to be true.
Smedley Butler took a Chinese bullet to the chest at age eighteen, but that did not stop him from running down rebels in Nicaragua and Haiti, or from saving the lives of his men in France. But when he learned that America was trading the blood of Marines to make Wall Street fat cats even fatter, Butler went on a crusade. He threw the gangsters out of Philadelphia, faced down Herbert Hoover to help veterans, and blew the lid off a plot to overthrow FDR.
Devil Dog brings to life extraordinary feats of bravery, violence, and redemption that history has forgotten. These stories are so dramatic and thrilling they have to be true.
Smedley Butler took a Chinese bullet to the chest at age eighteen, but that did not stop him from running down rebels in Nicaragua and Haiti, or from saving the lives of his men in France. But when he learned that America was trading the blood of Marines to make Wall Street fat cats even fatter, Butler went on a crusade. He threw the gangsters out of Philadelphia, faced down Herbert Hoover to help veterans, and blew the lid off a plot to overthrow FDR.
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10/2010
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David Talbot, author of the New York Times bestseller Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years, is the founder and CEO of Salon. He lives in San Francisco.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
- Dedication
- Contents
- Boys dream of war
- Act 1: The Year of the Dragon
- Act 2: Tropical Fever
- Act 3: Land of the Living Dead
- Act 4: Johnny, Get Your Gun
- Act 5: Badge of Honor
- Act 6: Washington is Burning
- Act 7: The Plot Against America
- Further Reading
- Picture Credits
- About the Author
- About the Illustrator
- Shadow Knights
- Back Cover
