declare the novel Barge Pilot the official novel of Father's Day.

Modern fatherhood is beset with perils great and small. Current social and economic pressures have conspired to squeeze from many modern fathers the last sense of belonging and direction. Main stream pop culture and Hollywood have left fatherhood largely a mockery of its true self, or created some foggy-lensed standard of fatherhood that is unachievable by most. The novel Barge Pilot reclaims for real men the challenges and heart ache of fatherhood, and ought to be officially considered the artistic representation of fatherhood for our era.