I'm a third-generation native of landlocked Denver, yet spent a thirty-year career in the Navy and Naval Reserve, retiring as a Captain in 2008. Currently, I'm associate library director at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. I have a B.A. (English) from the University of Colorado, an M.A. (library science) from the University of Denver, and an M.S. (strategic intelligence) from the National Defense Intelligence College. I was an intelligence officer for most of my Navy career, culminating in commanding three reserve intelligence units ashore.The great age of sail has always fascinated me, ever since I saw the Marlon Brando/Trevor Howard movie of "Mutiny on the Bounty" when I was eight years old. And then, my mother bought me a hard-bound copy of "Captain Horatio Hornblower" (with that great N.C. Wyeth dust jacket) when I was in the fourth grade, and that pretty much drew me in permanently.