Veteran Lothar D. Lewis came into The Neat Little Bookshop the day we opened and expressed his love of reading. He offered to staff the store to keep it open an additional day of the week. "Lew" is gone now, died alone at his residence in Cayuga at the age of sixty-four in 2009. Lew, as everyone knew him, purchased many of only one type of book: Non-fiction ~ Vietnam war. No historical fiction for Lew.
Frankly, we did not know quite what to think about this immaculately dressed man -- walked poker-straight, smoked and drank too much, took a lot of pain-killers. It was not until Du Guid's book came out that everything fell into place. It all made sense.

Lew got to read his chapter in Soldiers' Stories before he died because author Kirk Du Guid provided each soldier with a copy of their story prior to publication.
Lew served in the U.S. Marine Corp in Vietnam. His story is told with humour, heart-breaking honesty and with lurid detail. Rest in peace, our friend Lothar D. Lewis. Thank you for your life -- your service -- and thank you Kirk for telling it.

Soldiers' Stories, Kirk Du Guid, 2009 First Choice Books. Available at The Neat Little Bookshop