JACK LEMMON STARRING IN THE PERFECT STORM? And then water-skiing above the Arctic Circle? Not exactly, but close. Randall Grayson"s adventures (and misadventures) as a "Shallow Water Sailor" will surely evoke Technicolor comic memories. From strippers in Miami, Florida to the Las Vegas of the 50"s with exotica impresrio Esquivel and dancer Sally Rand: from bedroom hijinks in raucous Manhattan to rapturous Hollywood with Mamie van Dooren and starlets/models galore. The Coast Guard provides the assignments to effect it all, ending with frozen dramas in Alaska within peeing range of Russia Siberia. From a rich and teeming memory, here is the fabulous world of a storied era in all it"s True Magazine and Playboy glory. In Shallow Water Sailor, Ray Garra brings us back to a Man"s World of an era long past, but preserved here forever with its wild escapades and an icy destination on a leaky weather-wracked ship that makes a real man out of a " ladies" lad in uniform. It"s a world you won"t want to leave. *** "Ray Garra"s memoir/novel takes the reader on an unforgettable trip through the most colorful time in history. A bon-bon voyage for armchair sailors." David Bischoff, New York Times bestselling author, WarGames *** Ray Garra served three and a half years active duty with the US Coast Guard, followed by six and half years in the USCG Reserve. The true events of those years half a century ago inspired this fictionalized version of those years. . Ray"s civilian career has largely been spent in the printing and publications field. His shorts tories have appeared over the past few years in Mensa and Intertel publications, and he is currently at work on a series of novels covering the "good life" of the Southern California Coast. Ray presently resides in Indio, California.