Skipper Is a Touching Story of Self-Discovery

Author Craig B. Bass chronicles a young boy’s journey through life

ISHPEMING, MI — Growing up is a harsh process. As a child your perceptions on the world are so assured and everything seemed so safe. But growing up changes this perception drastically. As you grow up, you notice that the world is more complicated than you thought. You realize that the world is not in black and white. In Skipper the author Craig B. Bass captures the confusion and beauty of youth.

The story follows the life of a young boy who thinks his life is boring and uninteresting. But his life soon changes as he is transported into a magical life of excitement and adventure through explorations of a rural ranch life, fishing in remote lakes, and the Gulf of Mexico. A Scout Master provides the opportunity of a life time for these wonderful new experiences, but is there too big of a price to pay? Only the boy can answer this question as he seeks the truth.

Skipper is a coming of age story about a boy growing up in Central Florida in the 1950’s. The boy seeks to know the truth about God and religion, sexual awakenings, love, friendship, hate and betrayal. This beautifully introspective read captures the struggles of growing up and finding yourself.

Skipper by Craig B. Bass

Paperback | ISBN 978-1-946735-00-3
Hardback| ISBN 978-1-946735-01-0
PDF | ISBN 978-1-946735-02-7
EPUB | ISBN 978-1-946735-03-4
Kindle | ISBN 978-1-946735-04-1

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About the Author

Craig B. Bass lives in Idaho and Southern California with his wife and dog. In his earlier years he wrote and published professional articles. He wrote and published fictional stories as a hobby only. He now writes full time when not sailing. His interest in writing has been life long since reading Hemingway, London, Steinbeck and Faulkner at an early age. He now prefers writing about subject matters that deal primarily with complex problems of the human condition and spirit. His future interests in writing will primarily be concerned with creative fiction and experimental prose styles.