Coram opened his tour with a pre-publication party hosted by John and Bunny Underwood at their home on Harris Neck, an island off the Georgia coast. From there it was on to Atlanta and the Marcus Jewish Community Center where the crowd was SRO. Then to Quantico where Coram spoke to the Command and Staff College and to the Expeditionary Warfare School. Along with retired general Charles Krulak, 31st Commandant of the Marine Corps, he
was a guest of the Quatrefoil Society at the fabled Globe & Laurel Restaurant. A few days later he spoke and had a signing at Camp Lejeune.

Response was such that a month after publication, Little, Brown and Company declared BRUTE a “HOT TITLE” and sent the book into a second
printing.