Gus McTavish-a rebellious sixteen year-old Portland youth-refuses to accompany his family to their five-year reunion. Once alone, Gus heads at full speed back into his life of delinquency. But then, a mysterious young Scottish immigrant named Aaron McGregor crosses paths with Gus. Within hours of their meeting, Aaron poses a troubling challenge. "Are you man enough, Gus McTavish, to go on the road with me? Are you man enough to earn your own way?" In false pride, Gus foolishly accepts the bet, and so begins a full week of painful encounters with the stark realities of life. Every trial leaves...

While searching through the 1919 Parliamentary records for quotes by Winston Churchill, U.S. Navy Commander Roger Johnson happened upon a seventy page hand-written transcript of a Royal Admiralty hearing. This hearing dealt with the near-sinking of H.M.S. King James, a British man-of-war. The document was of only passing interest until the Commander came across the words to a seamens' ballad entitled, "Fifteen Men on a Dead Man's Chest," and a description of events that matched in every detail the novel "Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stevenson. Sandwiched within the testimony of Royal Navy...

While searching through the 1919 Parliamentary records for quotes by Winston Churchill, U.S. Navy Commander Roger Johnson happened upon a seventy page hand-written transcript of a Royal Admiralty hearing. This hearing dealt with the near-sinking of H.M.S. King James, a British man-of-war. The document was of only passing interest until the Commander came across the words to a seamens' ballad entitled, ""Fifteen Men on a Dead Man's Chest,"" and a description of events that matched in every detail the novel ""Treasure Island"" by Robert Louis Stevenson. Sandwiched within the testimony of Royal...