🎯 Where Should I Start?
ⓘ About Bob Drury
Bob attended high school in Newark, New Jersey. He went to Fairfield University in Connecticut where he majored in English. After school, he moved to Cape Cod where he held an assortment of jobs, which included working on a painting crew and on this commercial fishing pier. Bob started his writing career after he heard about this publication opportunity as he played for the Cape Cod Basketball League. For his very first story that was published in the Cape Cod Standard Times, he earned just $20. He kept writing for this local paper, where he covered town council meetings. He moved to Harrison, New Jersey later, where he continued to work for various magazines and papers. He interviewed Richard Belzer, an actor and comedian. Around this same time, he also worked as a film can carrier.
All Book Series by Bob Drury
Fatso: Football When Men Were Really Men
Series opener · book 1 of 18 · published 1987 Co-authored · Arthur J. Donovan
Incident at Howard Beach: The Case for Murder
Book 2 of 18 · published 1990 Co-authored · Charles J. Hynes
The Rescue Season: The Heroic Story of Parajumpers on the Edge of the World
Book 4 of 18 · published 2001
The Last Stand of Fox Company
Book 6 of 18 · published 2008 Co-authored · Tom Clavin
Signature Wound: Hidden Bombs, Heroic Soldiers, and the Shocking, Secret Story of the Afghanistan War
Book 8 of 18 · published 2011
The Heart of Everything That Is
Book 10 of 18 · published 2013 Co-authored · Tom Clavin
War, Sports...and Butterflies: The Greatest Hits of Bob Drury
Book 11 of 18 · published 2014
A Dog's Gift: The Inspirational Story of Veterans and Children Healed by Man's Best Friend
Book 12 of 18 · published 2015
The Phantom
Latest in the series · book 18 of 18 · published 2026 Co-authored · Tom Clavin
The Heart of Everything That Is: Childrens Book Adaptation
Single-title series · published 2017 Co-authored · Tom Clavin
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Bob Drury?
Bob attended high school in Newark, New Jersey. He went to Fairfield University in Connecticut where he majored in English. After school, he moved to Cape Cod where he held an assortment of jobs, which included working on a painting crew and on this commercial fishing pier.
Which Bob Drury series should I start with?
Bob Drury's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is Fatso: Football When Men Were Really Men (1987).
How many books has Bob Drury written?
Bob Drury has 19 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1987 and 2026. They are filed under 2 categories rather than in numbered series — chiefly Non-Fiction and Children's.
In what order should Bob Drury's series be read?
No reading order is needed: none of the 19 books catalogued here do not form a numbered series, so any title can be picked up first. Within each category they are listed by publication year.
How are Bob Drury's books organised into series?
This guide splits Bob Drury's 19 books into categories rather than numbered series: Non-Fiction (18 books); Children's (1 book).