The Boy Captain

ISBN: 1470174626

Author: Rose, Gerard

Condition: New

Product Description An exciting new historical novel by Gerard Rose, "The Boy Captain" tells the story of one of America's great heroes, little remembered today for his stirring exploits in the American Revolution and later in the War of 1812. The story open In 1775, when Joshua Barney, not yet sixteen, has to take command of a merchant ship crossing the Atlantic, caught in the middle of a fierce storm. He had served for four years as an apprentice to the captain, and when the old man died, young Joshua was the only one on board who knew how to chart a course and manage the crew. But he proved himself by sailing the leaky boat to Gibraltar, delivering his cargo and crew safely. That was just the beginning of his adventures ... About the Author A native of Australia, Gerard Rose is a trial lawyer, sometime politician, and an advocate for a wide variety of noble and important civic causes. His higher education included stints at the University of Santa Clara and the Rome campus of Loyola University. As an officer in the U.S. Navy during the 1960's, Gerard traveled throughout the western Pacific, including Vietnam. In the early 1970's he taught international law and national strategy to senior Navy officers. Over the years he has served as scout leader; PTA president; a director of his children's grammar school; member and vice mayor of his local city council; a director of his city's redevelopment agency; president of his city's fire/ambulance authority; president of his local Gallery Alliance; and a director of his city's cultural arts center. He is married to a clinical psychologist, and has five children and three grandchildren. He commutes on weekends between homes in California and Illinois, and while on route can usually be found reading trashy novels.