Jim Proser Books

Award-winning author, Jim Proser has written numerous books on varied topics and individuals with a general theme of personal integrity. From every-day soldiers turned heroes, to generals, to a new biography on the intellectual Jordan Peterson, that theme of personal character flows through all is works.

Proser grew up first in New Hope, Pennsylvania as the fourth of five sons of Monte Proser and actress Jane Ball. Proser senior founded nightclubs, including the iconic Copacabana.

Jim Proser began his writing career as a reporter for the Lambertville, NJ Beacon newspaper at the age of 15 and has since written for the Bucks County Courier Times, Investor’s Business Daily and National Review Online. He has written screen plays for numerous TV series and movies, including one based on his first book Mr. Copacabana; An American History by Night, which details the life of his father, who founded the club and go mixed up with the mob.

Savage Messiah: How Dr. Jordan Peterson Is Saving Western Civilization

The most prominent intellectual of our time, Jordan Peterson is at the forefront of the culture war and mostly because he objected to using a persons’s preferred pronouns.

That, however, is an entirely simplistic view of the life and lessons of Peterson, a clinical psychologist and professor. True, he objecting to using pronouns but he did so for a reason that the great Greek philosophers would have – he opposed Canadian Bill C-16 that forced him to do so. You see, language and words are what we use to find truth in this world, and if the government controls you words, it controls your ability to find truth.

So what does Jordan Peterson believe in? Who listens to him? Is what he has to say really all that controversial?

Get these answers and more in this exploratory book filled with exclusive interviews, and discussions with friends, family and colleagues.

I’m Staying with My Boys: The Heroic Life of Sgt. John Basilone

The only family-authorized biography of Sgt. John Basilone, I’m staying with My Boys is a riveting first person account of the incredible life of the man known as “Manila John.”

Serving in the Pacifica during World War II, Sgt. Basilone led his 15 member unit, which had been cut down to just three en and held off 3,000 Japanese troops at Guadalcanal. At Iwo Jim he destroyed an enemy blockhouse all by himself, allowing his unit to capture an airfield.

He was killed shortly after.

His legacy includes being the only Marine during WWII to receive the Medal of Honor, the Navy Cross, and a Purple Heart.

The story takes you from his days before the war as a young man without direction and brings you into his transformation through the horror of war.

No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy: The Life of General James Mattis

A fascinating biography of General James Mattis, Secretary of Defense under President Trump.

Titled after Mattis’ own personal slogan: “Demonstrate to the world that there is ‘No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy’ than a US Marine.”

Mattis led by example and always with an unimpeachable character. Contrary to the lessons of the modern world, he proved that success and integrity do in fact go hand in hand.

Mr. Copacabana; An American History by Night

A story about his own father, Jim Proser details how his father Monte founded New York’s famous Copacabana nightclub in the 1940s, his involvement with the mafia and his constant struggle to do what is right.