About Bob Stockton: Bob Stockton, author of seven books, was born in Trenton, New Jersey. Leaving school in his junior year Bob began a twenty-year Navy career in 1957. During the course of that twenty-year career Bob has sailed the seven seas while serving in surface vessels (destroyers), diesel electric submarines, auxiliary vessels, aircraft carriers, reconnaissance attack squadrons and patrol gunboats in Vietnam. Following Navy retirement as a Chief Petty Officer, Bob has earned … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Bob Stockton
Listening To Ghosts by Bob Stockton
What inspired you to write your memoir? My feeling was that our society and culture was rapidly changing and that a memoir that chronicled the life of someone - me- who had a career in the Navy of the Post Korea - pre Vietnam and beyond would make for interesting reading for those who chose a navy career in later years. About your Book: Listening To Ghosts, Bob Stockton’s memoir about growing up in a working class neighborhood in Trenton, New Jersey, and how he escaped to the U.S. Navy, … [Read more...] about Listening To Ghosts by Bob Stockton
The Dream by Bob Stockton
Targeted Age Group: 25 - 49 Genre: Fiction, abstract Your Story: … [Read more...] about The Dream by Bob Stockton
Book Excerpt: Counting Coup: The Odyssey of Captain Tom Adams by Bob Stockton
About your Book: The story of the way west in the early nineteenth century was often a tale of danger, death and unspeakable suffering. The early trappers and mountain men forged the trails westward for the pioneers that followed and became part of the legend of the American West. Of this hardy breed of early venturers one name stands out above the rest: Kit Carson. Many stories of his bravery, often wildly exaggerated filled eastern bookshelves of the day. How much of what was written was … [Read more...] about Book Excerpt: Counting Coup: The Odyssey of Captain Tom Adams by Bob Stockton
