I've Known No War

Stephen McLellan is a native of Houston, Texas, who has recently embarked on a second career as a middle school social studies teacher. He spent most of his adult life handling workers' compensation and maritime injury claims for various insurance companies while also serving twenty years in the United States Navy Reserve, retiring at the rank of chief petty officer.

Stephen was recalled to active duty on three different occasions, including service in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. His first book, I've Known No War, is based on his experiences growing up around competitive baseball in the Houston area and then subsequently serving in a combat theatre as part of the First Marine Division as an adult.

He has recently discovered a love of hiking and traveling by car, which he believes will greatly contribute to his future writing, combined with previous travels to such places as Africa, and the numerous people he has come to know through his variety of experiences. Stephen has been a die-hard Houston Astros fan for as long as he can remember and is a huge fan of historical memoirs of previous veterans such as Islands of the Damned and The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point's Class of 1966.

Stephen; his wife, Hilary; and their son, Patrick, make their home just outside the gates of the Johnson Space Center near Houston. His e-mail address is steve.p.mclellan@gmail.com, and he would love to hear of any suggestions from other history lovers regarding books to be read or stories absolutely worth researching.