Welcome to LastJourney.net, the website devoted to Darrell Griffin, Sr., and his late son Darrell “Skip” Griffin’s important new book, Last Journey: A Father and Son in Wartime, to be published by Atlas & Co. in June.

Rave review by Anthony Swofford, author of Jarhead

June 18, 2009

"The book that he helped his father write from the grave is a testimony to the brave brand of thinking, skeptical soldier who does his job no matter what. One of Skip's lieutenants later told the elder Griffin that regardless of the mission Skip always said, "Screw it, we gotta do it, we gotta do it." It might have been the elder Griffin's mantra while writing this book for and about his son. And the literature of war is richer for it."

Publishers Weekly rave review of Last Journey

May 11, 2009

"The conflicted, ultimately tragic experience of an American soldier in Iraq is explored in this moving homage. . . . A harrowing, unsanitized vision of the war and the toll it takes on our soldiers."

Website Features

April 21, 2009

On this website, you can read an excerpt from the book, watch an interview and see photos from the book (as well as some of his very graphic war photos—shared here to honor his conviction that Americans must confront the reality of war). Downloadable press materials are also available for events organizers, and you can pre-order the book via Amazon, Powell’s, Barnes & Noble, or by contacting an independent bookseller near you.

Over the coming weeks, more information will be added to the site: press highlights, national and local events, and other book- and author-related news.