For about twelve years I was employed by Paladin Press, a mail-order publishing company in Boulder, Colorado. The stories I could tell, from my unorthodox job interview to my departure on a cold December morning before 6:00 AM could fill a book. A book few people would want to read, so I won’t put anyone through the experience of it. Nevertheless, I did work for what was called “The most dangerous publisher in America” for quite some time, and lived on the bleeding edge of First (and Second) Amendment issues long before today’s crop of free-speech warriors graced the nascent pages of the internet.
Paladin’s early history can be found here.
I recently learned that Peder Lund, Paladin Press’s owner and publisher, died in Finland on June 3.
He was generous and a good man to work for. Few people have TV movies made about their business.
Rest in peace, Peder.
David, I hope that you receive this email. I was Commander of A-224 Det Phu Tuc in the mid 1967 and Peder came in as my XO. What a man and well trained on combat operations. Our band of Dega (Mountainards) tribesment killed about 60 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese without taking any loses, not even a wounded man. Not many Special Forces camp can state that. Camps adjacent to Phu Tuc – Cung Son, A Det Commander killed, Dong Tre A Det shot in lower leg. I knew Peder was going to get out of the Army after his tour as he did not like the inefficiencies of the military. I would like to send some pics of Peder but did not see a place to link them.