THE LEGEND OF LONALD COONSIE...: I was there... I think? Hardcover – March 26, 2026

He wasn’t lookin’ for trouble.It just kept showin’ up.THE LEGEND OF LONALD COONSIE…I was there… I think?is what happens when you take a kid with no plan, drop him into the Army, send him around the world…and then hand him the keys to a semi truck and say, “Good luck.”This isn’t a war story.This isn’t a trucking manual.And it sure as hell isn’t a self-help book.This is a collection of moments—the kind that don’t make sense when they happen…but stick with you anyway.Walking through a minefield without knowing itCalling your wife from a Korean club… at the worst possible timeGetting evicted from your own sleeping bag by wombatsWatching a bridge stand one second… and not the nextRealizing way too late that you’ve been sitting across from your delivery the entire timeSome of it’s funny.Some of it’s not.Most of it lives somewhere in between.Told in a raw, unfiltered voice that doesn’t try to clean anything up,Lonny Koons takes you through:Military life (the parts they don’t put in brochures)Leadership, mistakes, and the weird space in betweenLife on the road as a truck driverAnd the strange pattern of always being…just close enough when things go wrongThere’s no grand lesson.No perfect ending.No clean explanation.Just this:Things happened.He was there.And he kept going.If you like stories that feel real—a little chaotic, a little hilarious, and just grounded enough to hit—you’ll remember this one.Grab a copy and find out what happenswhen you’re not in the middle of it…but never quite outside of it either. Read more