The Greatest Beer Run Ever A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty, and War

John "Chick" Donohue, J. T. Molloy, Malcolm Hillgartner

eAudio - 2020

"Chickie takes us thousands of miles on a hilarious quest laced with sorrow, but never dull. You will laugh and cry, but you will not be sorry that you read this rollicking story."—Malachy McCourtSoon to be a major motion picture written and directed by Peter Farrelly, who won two Academy Awards for Green Book—a wildly entertaining, feel-good memoir of an Irish-American New Yorker and former U.S. marine who embarked on a courageous, hare-brained scheme to deliver beer to his pals serving Vietnam in the late 1960s.One night in 1967, twenty-six-year-old John Donohue—known as Chick—was out with friends, drinking in a New York City bar. The friends gathered there had lost loved ones in Vietnam. Now, they watched as anti-war pr...otesters turned on the troops themselves. One neighborhood patriot came up with an inspired—some would call it insane—idea. Someone should sneak into Vietnam, track down...

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Published
HarperAudio
Language
English
Main Authors
John "Chick" Donohue, J. T. Molloy, Malcolm Hillgartner
Online Access
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File Size164 GB
ISBN9780063017276
Release Date11/10/2020