Publisher's Synopsis
The Emancipation of the Salty Dog tells the compelling yet tragic story of Cameron Michael Burdette, a decent though somewhat idealistic young man growing up in the midst of the turbulent political and social climate of the late 1960's and early 1970's. It paints a picture of a young man with a bright and promising future who, through no fault or conscious intent of his own, stumbles upon a series of cruel circumstances that literally rip that future from his grasp. Over the course of nearly a quarter of a century, those circumstances will deprive Cameron of his freedom, his health his sanity and very nearly, his soul. Yet despite these horrific circumstances, the boundless power of heartfelt love and the strength of the human spirit will, in the end, serve to bring Cameron back from that precipice and restore in him a sense of hope that had long seemed far beyond any possibility of redemption. The Emancipation of the Salty Dog is quite literally the story of one man's epic journey from the joys of Heaven, to the torments of Hell and against all odds back to Heaven again.
