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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Cap'n Billy: An Alabama Odyssey

Cap'n Billy: An Alabama Odyssey

Smart, W. D.

Paperback

General Fiction

ISBN10: 1500720909
ISBN13: 9781500720902
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Aug 8 2014
Pages: 180
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.38 Width: 5.00 Depth: 7.99
Language: English
Neal Burgess, a semi-retired, middle-aged computer analyst from California, had just cashed in from a start-up company he helped bring to life. He bought the sailboat of his dreams and was enjoying his new live-a-board lifestyle in a small marina in southern Alabama intending to just kick back, relax, do some writing and focus on his zen practice. Life there was idyllic and blissfully uneventful until the day he met Cap'n Billy, a prototypical, down home good ol' boy who operated a small shrimping trawler along the inland waterways that lined the Gulf. Before he knew it he was spending almost every night shrimping with Cap'n Billy, literally learning the ropes as he went, and enjoying the never-ending yarns Cap'n Billy spun as they trawled.However, all was not well in paradise. Cap'n Billy's boat was in sore need of some basic maintenance and major repairs, and his license was under threat from the marine police. On top of that, the sleepy little marina where Neal lived on his boat suddenly rose up in arms to challenge the rejection of a seemingly trivial building permit which was denied on the grounds it threatened the mysterious Perdido Key Beach mouse with imminent extinction. Cap'n Billy is presented in a lively, colorful, first-person narrative which weaves seemingly disparate but curiously related threads from Southern culture, single-handed shrimping, predictive data analysis, zen practice, and conservationism to create a rich and engaging tapestry depicting life on the southern U.S. Gulf coast.You may leave comments, ask questions or join in discussions about CAP'N BILLY at: Facebook: https: //www.facebook.com/novelcapnbillyEmail: CapnBilly@BillSmart.com

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