The Blue Collar Blues and Other Stories

By Bob Stockton

A shipwreck's tragic toll in human life. The changing face of a quiet turn-of-the century neighborhood. A man who lost his wife unexpectedly. An obnoxious drunk who gets more than he bargained for. A horse who develops an affinity for a Hawaiian saloon. A submarine's up close and personal encounter with a snoozing whale. Each of these stories and much more are found in "The Blue Collar Blues," author Bob Stockton's personal anthology of forty-six short stories that have been published over the past decade.
The book's first section contains stories of a young boy's coming of age in an ever-changing northeast working-class neighborhood. The second section highlights standalone stories that run from autobiographical to allegorical. The third section focuses on the adventures-and misadventures- of young sailors serving in the U.S. Navy of a half-century past. The fourth section relates actual tales of the U.S. Navy and her sailors deployed along the Pacific Rim.
Grab a cup of coffee and escape into the mind of an author with a flair for describing what is really important in life.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1662902891
• ISBN13: 9781662902895
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Gatekeeper Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 8.0"