The Making of a U.S. Marine Scholar: Leading and Learning in the Bear Pit

This, the first of three books, takes the reader from Baker's childhood experiences that contributed to his education as a leader, both in the military and in academia. At age sixteen he joined the South Carolina National Guard, where he served as a communicator in a 155 Howitzer Battery, in Sumter, South Carolina. On Christmas Eve, 1949, his mother, in desperate straits, took the life of his alcoholic father. Thereafter, the court finding her "not...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 153208711X
• ISBN13: 9781532087110
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: iUniverse, Incorporated
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"