Books by Jack McLean

The third of four children, Jack McLean was born in Huntington, NY on May 26, 1947. He was brought up in Summit, NJ where he lived until admittance to Phillips Academy, Andover at age 14. Upon graduation, McLean enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. After boot camp and a year on stateside duty, he served in Vietnam with C Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division. McLean returned to enter Harvard University in the fall of 1968 as college's first Vietnam Veteran. After graduation, he has held many jobs in many places, including Wall Street, the New York Mets, insurance in Boston and Maine and North Carolina, then finally in marketing in the Washington, D.C. area. He subsequently served as a senior marketing executive with United Press International, the National Childhood Cancer Foundation, and Joe Gibbs Youth for Tomorrow, a residential school for at risk adolescents. McLean is the father of three daughters and currently writes and lives in Knotts Island, NC.