Aurora: Shipping Out in the late 1970s

by John Merriam

Around the time of the Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua, the U.S.-flagged merchant ship S.S. Del Oro departs Tacoma, Wash. bound for ports in Central and South America. Some unmarked crates in one of the holds are to be delivered to the Del Oro's first stop after the U.S.: Nicaragua. The narrater, Oiler on the 8-12 watch in the engine room, had promised to smuggle a parrot from South America back to his girlfriend in Seattle, risking prison to impress...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1500898295
• ISBN13: 9781500898298
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 70 Pages
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"