Riding the White Bull: The Making of a Navy SEAL by Ratliff, Jack

Riding the White Bull: The Making of a Navy SEAL

In this vivid memoir, a young man's search for meaning takes him from college in the 1950s...
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Author: Jack Ratliff
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Language: English
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Riding the White Bull: The Making of a Navy SEAL by Ratliff, Jack

Riding the White Bull: The Making of a Navy SEAL

$64.99 $36.23

Riding the White Bull: The Making of a Navy SEAL

$64.99 $36.23
Author: Jack Ratliff
Format: Paperback
Language: English

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.



Author: Jack Ratliff
Publisher: Silver Bison Press
Published: 02/11/2026
Pages: 264
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.55d
ISBN: 9798999676924


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/0001

About the Author
Ratliff, Jack: - Raised in the remote West Texas town of Sonora, Jack Ratliff took undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Texas. He spent four years in the Navy, first as a deck officer on a destroyer and then as a Navy SEAL. He practiced law in El Paso for twenty years, then taught at the UT Law School for twenty years. He and his wife live in Santa Fe.

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