Leo Jenkins Writes
First Train Out of Denver
A decision must be made—maintain a comfortable position in a career he no longer loves—or take a massive leap of faith. Giving up everything he’s ever known, Leo sells his business, purges every possession that won’t fit into a single backpack and sets off into the world in pursuit of answers. Equal parts social philosophy and travel adventure, First Train Out of Denver takes the reader on an around the world quest.
Along the way, Leo accepts a challenge from another former Army Ranger to see how far they can travel together in three weeks with nothing but a backpack and one hundred dollars. Along the way they raise money and awareness for a veteran charity.
By any means necessary, the two friends traverse two continents and film an award-winning documentary along the way. The duo stow away on coal trains, talk their way onto boats, hitch hike, and walk their way over eight thousand miles in twenty-one days, raising nearly thirty-thousand dollars for their fellow veterans.
First Train Out of Denver brings the laugh-out-loud, gritty Ranger humor readers loved in his first book, Lest We Forget, and combines it with the raw, unrelenting introspection readers related to in his second book, On Assimilation.
War {n} Pieces
Hailed by critics as a masterpiece of modern war poetry, War {n} Pieces is the sixth book and second collection of poetry from acclaimed author Leo Jenkins. Fifteen years have passed since Leo was a U.S. Army Ranger medic in Iraq and Afghanistan - fifteen years of reflection, of death and triumph, of struggle and overcoming. war{n}pieces is a poetic journey from war through love to redemption.
Lest We Forget
This best selling book by Leo Jenkins is a rare look inside the experience of an Army Ranger medic.
The compelling true story of what it takes to become and work as a special operations combat medic during the height of the global war on terrorism. Detailed accounts from the search and rescue operation for the US Navy SEALs who were compromised in the mountains of Afghanistan during operation Redwings (Lone Survivor) is just one of the many combat operations described in this thrilling book.