Author: | Robert Devereux McEliece | ISBN: | 9780983298441 |
Publisher: | Robert Devereux McEliece | Publication: | June 22, 2017 |
Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
Author: | Robert Devereux McEliece |
ISBN: | 9780983298441 |
Publisher: | Robert Devereux McEliece |
Publication: | June 22, 2017 |
Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
Language: | English |
A moving and sometimes chilling story of the making of childhood bonds in the 1950s, where young men lived on a dare and were restricted only by their own imaginations. This is a gripping tale of what the Vietnam War did to these young boys and their families.
THE FAITHFUL SEXTANT tells of Captain Robert D. McEliece as he passes through boyhood in Alexandria, Virginia to find manhood in the world of seafarers and the Vietnam War. Bob was one of thousands of civilian sailors who brought the machinery and goods to fight the war and found in so doing, the war was brought to them.
A moving and sometimes chilling story of the making of childhood bonds in the 1950s, where young men lived on a dare and were restricted only by their own imaginations. This is a gripping tale of what the Vietnam War did to these young boys and their families.
THE FAITHFUL SEXTANT tells of Captain Robert D. McEliece as he passes through boyhood in Alexandria, Virginia to find manhood in the world of seafarers and the Vietnam War. Bob was one of thousands of civilian sailors who brought the machinery and goods to fight the war and found in so doing, the war was brought to them.