American Warrior: The True Story of a Legendary Ranger
O’Neal, part Native American, escaped into the army during the Vietnam War and quickly made a name for himself in the Long Range Reconnaissance Patrols. For the next 40 years, he lived by and taught a growing and impressive range of combat skills, executed with weapons and with bare hands. Besides Vietnam, his wars included both Iraqi conflicts and covert operations in Nicaragua, the last ending with him taking personal vengeance for attacks on his family. He served with the Rangers and Special Forces and as an instructor of the combat techniques at which he became progressively more and more a master. During civilian interludes, he used his skills in a number of jobs, such as bouncer. Now fully retired, he still seems an unlikely candidate for work in a library, except for dealing with rowdies, vandals, and would-be bomb-throwers. --Roland Green