Burke Davis (Author of Marine! The Life of Chesty Puller)

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Burke Davis

Born

in Durham, North Carolina, The United States

July 24, 1913

Died

August 18, 2006

Genre

History, Biography

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Average rating: 4.24 · 6,880 ratings · 564 reviews · 49 distinct works 鈥� Similar authors

	Marine! The Life of Chesty Puller 4.45 avg rating — 3,236 ratings — published 1962 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sherman's March 4.18 avg rating — 1,200 ratings — published 1980 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gray Fox: Robert E. Lee and the Civil War 4.10 avg rating — 622 ratings — published 1956 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	They Called Him Stonewall: A Life of Lieutenant General T. J. Jackson, CSA 4.20 avg rating — 391 ratings — published 1954 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Civil War: Strange & Fascinating Facts 3.58 avg rating — 390 ratings — published 1960 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	To Appomattox: Nine April Days, 1865 4.06 avg rating — 225 ratings — published 1959 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jeb Stuart: The Last Cavalier 3.95 avg rating — 220 ratings — published 1957 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Long Surrender 3.95 avg rating — 211 ratings — published 1985 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Heroes of the American Revolution 3.99 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 1976 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Campaign That Won America: The Story of Yorktown 3.92 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 1970 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Sir, do you know they鈥檝e cut us off? We鈥檙e entirely surrounded.鈥� 鈥淭hose poor bastards,鈥� Puller said. 鈥淭hey鈥檝e got us right where we want 鈥檈m. We can shoot in every direction now.”
― Burke Davis, Marine!: The Life of Chesty Puller

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“We鈥檝e been looking for the enemy for several days now. We鈥檝e finally found them. We鈥檙e surrounded. That simplifies our problem of getting to these people and killing them.”
― Burke Davis, Marine!: The Life of Chesty Puller

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“We must not be too proud or too stupid to profit by our mistakes鈥�”
― Burke Davis, Marine!: The Life of Chesty Puller

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