"He wasn't an inspiring leader, he didn't save lives, he didn't rise in the chain of command. He was simply and explicitly an extraordinary killer. Almost certainly for that reason, he never got the medals and acclaim he deserved." -A description of Bob Lee Swagger, Chapter One, Page 12

"Bob knew what the figure was. He sometimes pretended he didn't but he know, exactly." - On Bob's number of kills, Chapter Six, Page 88

"'No, son, Bob Lee Swagger don't give two damns and a jar of cold piss bout medals. I've been out to his place a time or so and you'd be hard pressed to find an indication anywhere that this man was one of the bravest heroes our country ever produced.' " Polk County Sheriff Vernon Tell, Chapter Eleven, Page 144

"'You're telling me Bob Swagger aimed at a man and missed and killed another man? Bob Lee...