First Blood (novel)

First Blood
First edition cover
AuthorDavid Morrell
Original titleFirst Blood
LanguageEnglish
GenreAction
Thriller
PublisherRowman & Littlefield
Publication date
1972
Publication placeUnited States
Pages252
ISBN0-214-66814-2

First Blood is a 1972 American action-thriller novel by David Morrell about a troubled homeless Vietnam War veteran, known only by his last name of Rambo, who wages a brutal one-man war against local and state police in Kentucky. It was adapted into the 1982 film First Blood starring Sylvester Stallone,[1] which ended up spawning an entire media franchise around Rambo.

  1. ^ David Morrell. "Rambo". Retrieved July 21, 2012.