ME By Jimmy Valente - Big Boy Author:Jimmy (Big Boy) Valente, Garrison Keillor, Garrison Keillor Abandoned by his mother at birth, little Clifford Oxnard grows up in south Minneapolis, tormented by bullies and chased by big dogs until and encounter with the Wild Man of Borneo and a mail-order body-building course changed his life. Transformed into the six-foot-four 300-pound he-man Jimmy (Big Boy) Valente, he enlists in the US Navy's elite... more » Walrus program and is sent to Vietnam. In Vietnam, his unit vanquishes hordes of Viet Cong, even the Lost Squadron of the Rising Sun, assisted by Jimmy's defector buddy, Victor Charlie, better known as The Rodent. Returning to the States, Jimmy ultimately joins a professional wrestling troupe, embarking on a career that takes him to the pinnacle of International World Wrestling, bringing him fame and fortune and introducing him to his hero, Arnold Schwarzenegger. But it also brings him into conflict with a dangerous death-dealing foe who stalks him relentlessly.« less