A doghouse tale
By: Bert Oldenhuis
Contributors: Leeuwen, Sarella van, illustrator
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Bloomington, Indiana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 567
ISBN-13: 9781496978530; 9781496978547; 9781496978554
Subjects: Merchant mariners; Fiction; Merchant marine; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Transportation; Ships; Maintenance and repair
Other titles: A dog house tale
Description: "A Doghouse Tale is the hilarious story of a motley crew sailing a ship held together by baling wire, paint, and a prayer. It touches on the deplorable condition of the US Merchant Marines in the 1960s, when a nation at war pressed old battle wagons such as the Flower Power into service, making those ships the laughingstock of the maritime world. It is also a moving story, showing that when the chips are down, a multicultural crew bands together as one to come to the aid of a shipmate" (page vii-viii).
Notes: "Bert Oldenhuis was born in the Netherlands in 1944 and emigrated to the United States with his family in the late fifties. He spent his teen years in Elmira, New York. He graduated from the US Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, sailing in the capacity of a third and second mate on US merchant vessels for a period of four years" (from back cover).

Includes the poem, "The Fall Guy" by Anonymous Kings Point Alumnus, page ix.