A Night at Ray's (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781981200788)

The author, a decorated war Veteran, earned the coveted title of "Doc" while serving with the United States Marine Corps as a Navy Corpsman in Vietnam. By all accounts "Doc" is not a nom de plume.; but a nom de guerre, he explains to his readers. Retiring after forty years' experience in health care Doc Hanson held both administrative and clinical positions. As a Registered Nurse, Registered Respiratory Therapist and a Certified Critical Care Nurse he held responsibilities in acute care hospitals as a Clinical Department Head, Director of Nurses, Assistant Administrator of Clinical Operations and as Hospital Administrator and CEO. He was Senior Partner in a medical consulting firm and has owned, directed and operated several Home Health and Hospice agencies. While holding the position of Associate Professor at Texas Wesleyan University, he was Author and Contributing Author of two medical text books published by Prentice-Hall. He published his first adventure novel in Captain Bloody Bill Walker and the Letter of Marque in 2013 and is working on the sequel, Pirates Odyssey. Growing up along the Gulf Coast Doc has spent a lifetime sailing the Islands of the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. His firsthand knowledge brings a dazzling style of descriptive details that embellish his stories with colorful realism. He lives on a small ranch in North Texas where he pursues his passion for history, ships and writing.