Book Overview
White Hats and Blue Water is the fictional story of a boy who joins the U.S. Navy at age 17. Richard Edward O'Brien is "Reo," who wants to be a man. As he travels the world looking for the excitement he has read about in stories, he must overcome the everyday problems of growing up. During the four years he is in uniform, he discovers love and heartache, strength and weakness, glory and shame, and most important, the guilt and loneliness of being a boy in a man's uniform. This description may be from another edition of this product.
