Siaman's Tale: An Amazing Bahamian Adventure - Paperback

by Robert D. Goldbach (Author)

Inspired by actual events in the late 1970s, Siaman's Tale: An Amazing Bahamian Adventure, will have readers on the edge of their seats as they witness Siaman, a Siamese cat owned by the author's wife, become the victim of a clever and brazen kidnapping while staying with his pals at the Bahamas Humane Society.

Siaman's Tale is narrated by Siaman and his best friend Bluebelle, an aging Great Dane who is the matriarch of the five family pets in the story. It's hard to believe the many consequences that resulted from the kidnapping. This true-events adventure will take you on a breathtaking journey of the beautiful Bahama Islands, along with high speed boat chases, chartered aircraft, law enforcement dispatch, and support from strangers to strategize the rescue of Siaman.

Author Biography

Robert Goldbach and Dorothy, his wife of fifty-seven years, divide their time between homes in New Jersey and Nassau, Bahamas. He spent his career in the marine industry, starting as a naval architect responsible for the design and construction of fifty ocean vessels, followed by service as a corporate executive responsible for ocean and U.S. Great Lakes shipping activity for a Pittsburgh-based steel company. He is an inventor of ship technologies and was awarded seven international patents and a Certificate of Meritorious Public Service by the U.S. government. He served on many company, community and church boards and is a long-term trustee of Webb Institute, where he earned a BS in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. His first book Faith in an Imperfect World, A Letter to My Grandchildren was published in 2009. His third book, Finding My God: An Eighty-Year Journey, will be published in 2015.