{"title":"Rick Spilman","description":"Rick Spilman has spent most of his life around the ships and the sea. \"Evening Gray Morning Red\" is his third novel. A professional naval architect and an avid sailor, Rick has sailed as volunteer crew on the square-riggers \"HMS Rose\" and \"HMS Bounty,\" as well as sailing on a range of vessels along the East and Gulf coasts, the Caribbean, the Great Lakes and Ireland. Rick is the founder and host of the Old Salt Blog. He has been published in the Huffington Post, gCaptain, Forbes online, and several outdoor print magazines. He is a Cooley Award Winner in short fiction at the University of Michigan. His novel \"The Shantyman\" was selected as one of Kirkus Reviews' Best Indie Books for 2015.","products":[{"product_id":"evening-gray-morning-red-paperback","title":"Evening Gray Morning Red - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Evening Gray Morning Red, a young American sailor must escape his past and the clutches of the Royal Navy, in the turbulent years just before the American Revolutionary War.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67576916377823,"sku":"9781943404193","price":20.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/nfb1SvyQ0e9781943404193.webp?v=1790387640"},{"product_id":"the-shantyman-paperback","title":"The Shantyman - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eHe can save the ship and the crew, but can he save himself? In 1870, on the clipper ship Alhambra in Sydney, the new crew comes aboard more or less sober, except for the last man, who is hoisted aboard in a cargo sling, paralytic drunk. The drunken sailor, Jack Barlow, will prove to be an able shantyman. On a ship with a dying captain and a murderous mate, Barlow will literally keep the crew pulling together. As he struggles with a tragic past, a troubled present and an uncertain future, Barlow will guide the Alhambra through Southern Ocean ice and the horror of an Atlantic hurricane. His one goal is to bring the ship and crew safely back to New York, where he hopes to start his life anew. Based on a true story, The Shantyman is a gripping tale of survival against all odds at sea and ashore, and the challenge of facing a past that can never be wholly left behind.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67685723701471,"sku":"9780994115232","price":17.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/8t0ZmTy7hS9780994115232.webp?v=1790571129"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/rick-spilman.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}