{"product_id":"the-greatest-beer-run-ever-a-memoir-of-friendship-loyalty-and-war-1","title":"The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty, and War","description":"\u003cp\u003eNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY PETER FARRELLY, STARRING ZAC EFRON AND RUSSELL CROWE!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstant New York Times Bestseller\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstant USA Today Bestseller\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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 McCourt\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA wildly entertaining, feel-good true story and 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne 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 protesters turned on the troops themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne neighborhood patriot came up with an inspired--some would call it insane--idea. Someone should sneak into Vietnam, track down their buddies there, give them messages of support from back home, and share a few laughs over a can of beer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt would be the Greatest Beer Run Ever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut who'd be crazy enough to do it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne man was up for the challenge--a U. S. Marine Corps veteran turned merchant mariner who wasn't about to desert his buddies on the front lines when they needed him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChick volunteered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA day later, he was on a cargo ship headed to Vietnam, armed with Irish luck and a backpack full of alcohol. Landing in Qui Nho'n, Chick set off on an adventure that would change his life forever--a solo odyssey into a war zone that took him through a series of hilarious escapades and harrowing close calls, including the Tet Offensive. But none of that mattered if he could bring some cheer to his pals and show them how much the folks back home appreciated them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis heartwarming story is the tale of that epic beer run, told in Chick's own words and those of the men he visited in Vietnam.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was a journey no one thought possible, armed with little more than Irish luck and a backpack full of beer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eVietnam War Memoir: \u003c\/b\u003e Go beyond the headlines in this ground-level account of a civilian who voluntarily travels into the heart of the conflict just to find his friends.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eIncredible Adventure Story: \u003c\/b\u003e Follow Chick from a New York City bar to the front lines, navigating a country at war through a series of hilarious escapades and harrowing close calls.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Tet Offensive: \u003c\/b\u003e Experience the shock of the massive surprise attack not from a command bunker, but from the streets of Saigon as an unsuspecting civilian caught in the crossfire.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Tribute to Friendship: \u003c\/b\u003e Discover a powerful and often funny story about loyalty, patriotism, and the lengths one man will go to show his buddies that the folks back home have not forgotten them.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51944065925351,"sku":"9780062995469","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_edd4d4c8-268f-4463-93a4-669fe8df2afa.jpg?v=1775351770","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/the-greatest-beer-run-ever-a-memoir-of-friendship-loyalty-and-war-1","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}