One Bullet Away

Autobiography by Nathaniel Fick
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One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer is an autobiography by Nathaniel Fick, published by Houghton-Mifflin in 2005. An account of Nathaniel Fick's time in the United States Marine Corps, it begins with his experiences at Officer Candidate's School in Quantico, Virginia and details his deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq during the War on Terror.[1][2][3]

In 2006, Recorded Books published an unabridged audiobook edition (ISBN 978-1-41937595-8), narrated by Andy Paris.

Awards

One Bullet Away won the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award for nonfiction in 2005.[4][5] The following year, Nathaniel Fick received the Colby Award.[6]

References

  1. ^ Cave, Damien (2005-11-20). "Few and Proud". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
  2. ^ Simpson, Mark (2006-03-26). "One Bullet Away: the making of a Marine officer by Nathaniel Fick". The Independent. Archived from the original on December 6, 2014. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
  3. ^ Brown, Jeffrey (2005-11-11). "Nathaniel Fick: "One Bullet Away"". PBS. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
  4. ^ "2005 Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Awards Announced". Independent Publisher. Archived from the original on 2021-10-26. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
  5. ^ "B&N Finds Great New Writers". Shelf Awareness . 2006-03-02. Archived from the original on December 6, 2023. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
  6. ^ "Tawani Foundation - Colby Award". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24.

External links

  • After Words interview with Fick on One Bullet Away, November 19, 2005


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