Guts: Combat, Hell-raising, Cancer, Business Start-ups, and Undying Love: One American Guy's Reckless, Lucky Life
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.46 (898 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1400067766 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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A True American Hero Larry Underwood Robert Nylen's poignant memoir was written in a bold, no nonsense & engaging manner that seems to deliver a clear message: "Have guts; no wimps allowed in life!"Clearly, Nylen lived his life to the hilt. He seemed to thrive on action; especially when it was filled with chaos. It's no wonder he was a war hero; when all hell was breaking loose, he was probably thinking to himself, "Yeah, this is more like it." Of course, Nylen took that same approach with every endeavor he undertook & became a very successful business person, with no hi. "inspirational" according to newtonian. Live life to the fullest, we are told, yet few seem to lead by example. While Robert Nylen's choices are certainly not for everyone, he was undoubtedly someone who did just that, without forgetting to look around every so often and take stock of where he was. The first hundred or so pages of memoirs from his service time in Vietnam are searing, and will touch a nerve in anyone who has found him or herself in uniform at combat.. True Guts in this book. I just downloaded this book to my Kindle2. I couldn't put it down until it was too dark to read. (I am camping right now) Every sentence sparks a fire of interest that keeps a person reading the excitement. His style of short, powerful sentences is gutsy, I am really glad he wrote his memoirs. I hope his widow, Kit, makes a fortune.
He also wrote for Look magazine, was an ad manager for U.S. He died in December 2008. Robert Nylen was a media consultant, entrepreneur, publisher, writer, and part-time college professor. News & World Report, and was vice president and associate publisher for Texas Monthly. . Nylen co-founded New England Monthly magazin
In college he became a slovenly, hard-partying fraternity brother who barely graduated. In Guts, Robert Nylen writes with humor and precision about the travails–and glory–of manhood.. Then came the realization that he was going to have to go to Vietnam. Whether he was facing Viet Cong as a platoon leader in Vietnam or doing battle with venture capitalists at home, Nylen never backed down from a good fight–and he had the many scars to prove it. But let’s not dwell on that.A self-confessed reckless jerk, Nylen spent the last four years of his life grappling with Big Diseases (cancer, diabetes), an astonishing twelve broken bones, and ten surgeries. Some ventures succeeded and some failed. His lifetime total is twenty-four fractures, most of which resulted from a flagrant refusal to act his age–or anyone’s age, for that matter. Of course, as you read these words, he’s alr
Diagnosed with colorectal cancer stage III when he was 60, he endured treatments, surgeries, pain and frequent accidents of his own making, but preserves his cheerful, frank, optimistic and ever competitive spirit in the face of mortal adversity. Cherishing such stoical role models as Don Quixote and Ulysses S. . Shell-shocked, married after release from the army, simulating a normal person and appearing unemployable, he began his accidental career as a media ad salesman starting at Look magazine, dealing with tough bosses like Bill Dunn at U.S. All rights reserved. Vietnam vet, cofounder of New England Monthly and a media consultant, Nylen, who died last year, shares with punchy humor and tremendous grace his tough approach to taking risks and staring down exacting bosses as well as cancer. From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. (July)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. News and World Report