One Bullet Away

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]

One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
AuthorNathaniel Fick
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreMemoir
PublisherHoughton-Mifflin
Publication date
2005
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages372
ISBN0-618-55613-3

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

Awards

Nathaniel Fick received the Colby Award for One Bullet Away in 2006.[4]

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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. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
  3. Brown, Jeffrey (2005-11-11). "Nathaniel Fick: "One Bullet Away"". PBS. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
  4. "Tawani Foundation - Colby Award". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24.


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