Gary Burghoff

To millions of faithful television viewers Gary Burghoff will always be Walter Radar O'Reilly the lovable telepathic assistant to Colonel Potter on M*A*S*H. But the man behind the bespectacled TV Land icon is a true Renaissance man. He's a classically trained stage actor a jazz musician an environmentalist a poet a songwriter an inventor a wildlife artist and now - a writer. In this intensely personal memoir the author takes you on his journey from his family's home in Wisconsin to his successful carreer on the New York stage from the Hollywood film version of M*A*S*H to the hit television show from the challenges of married life to the rewards of single fatherhood. Often funny occationally poignant and always honest To M*A*S*H and Back is an account you will long remember.