Tugboat Blues: Tragedies and Triumphs survived by the very old and the very young (Paperback) by Forrest Rippey

9798737350178. New condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 122. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 122 p. Biography morphs to fact based fiction. An old semi-retired Police Detective, who is restoring a WWII Navy tugboat, becomes forever linked to a ten-year old orphan boy, who has no relatives, no nationality, and no future. The boy does however, live on his own fifty-four foot sailing yacht in Galveston, Texas. The maritime backdrop provides a captivating scene where the very old is forever joined with the very young.