Our Amazing Creative Selves
“Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance.” Bruce Barton. Three years ago, I started a brand-new career
May 10, 2024
My New Book
It’s the summer of 1969. The country was on edge with civil rights, desegregation, Vietnam, and the Cold War. Four teenage boys set out for adventure on Cape Lookout – a remote island along North Carolina’s Southern Outer Banks.
With their new freedom, four teenage boys explore the edges of fun and foolhardiness, life and death, and love and loss. Risky surfing, water skiing, and driving become outlets for anger, shame, isolation, and guilt. Their cuts and bruises make their victory over adversity and trust in each other as they race toward manhood.
Colorfully relive the boys’ summer of ’69 through music, relationships, adventures, and struggles on a beautiful and dangerous island called Cape Lookout.
Meet Sam
Sam was born 1953 in Beaumont, Texas and raised in Sanford, NC. He received a B.A. in English Literature from Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia and a Master’s in Business Administration from Wake Forest University.
Following the sale of his business, Beacon WealthCare, in 2021, he moved from Raleigh to Atlantic Beach to begin a new career writing.
He published his first book in March of 2024, Boys on the Edge, a coming-of-age memoir on the North Carolina Outer Banks. He’s busy now working on an action novel exploring a fascinating application of artificial intelligence.
When he’s not writing, you’ll find Sam on the beautiful waters of the Crystal Coast.
Reviews - Boys on the Edge
Wonderful remembrance of a summer and a time gone by. Bravo Mr. Bass!
William S.
Beautifully written of simpler times in coastal N. Carolina
L. L. W.
Both a delightful & poignant read! Well-worth the purchase!
Mary W.
A perfect capture of an innocent time
Rose C.
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