The Sailboat -A Novella- And Other Stories of the Merchant Marine
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The Sailboat and Other Stories of the Merchant Marine introduces the reader to a period in time when the U.S. flag merchant fleet was the world’s largest. The stories are about the ships and the men who sailed them in this second golden age of American shipping. And although the names of ships and situations easily recognizable by merchant seaman who sailed during this time. The stories are humorous, romantic, tragic, and several, downright rowdy. Some are about World War II; others of far away places such as Bangkok, Taiwan, Korea, South America, and the Persian Gulf. One is of a beloved dog that said goodbye – plain as day – to her shipmates. Another is about a ship’s engineer in the Persian Gulf, who, in his delirium, relives the horse races he has seen. While another recounts a dying captain’s stories of hurricanes and submarines as told to a little boy. Several focus on the loves and hopes of the families of those who make a living at sea. All will be remembered long after the last page of the book is turned.
About the Author
Clint Whitehurst served in the merchant marine in World War II; the merchant marine and the U.S. Army in the Korean War, and as a Ready Reserve Naval Intelligence Officer in the Cold War. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Virginia and did post doctoral work in defense studies at Edinburgh University (Scotland). He is the author of five books and over 130 published articles, reports, monographs, and research papers, the great majority being about the merchant marine and maritime world. The Sailboat and Other Stories of the Merchant Marine is his first work of fiction. At present, he is a Senior Fellow of the Strom Thurmond Institute at Clemson University.