Riding the White Bull: The Making of a Navy SEAL

By Jack Ratliff

In this vivid memoir, a young man's search for meaning takes him from college in the 1950s to the edge of everything-riding a wild bull in a rodeo, hitchhiking across America, battling forest fires, commanding a destroyer under a mercurial captain, and enduring the punishing trials of UDT-SEAL training. Along the way, he finds adventure, absurdity, and moments of unexpected grace. Gritty, funny, and unsentimental, the book offers a rare insider's look at the formative years of the Navy's most elite warriors and a generation that refused to live safely.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GN2CNG25
• ISBN13: 9798999676924
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Silver Bison Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"