Harry Carlin’s Coattails finds Davey, a ten-year-old street boy in Falmouth, England, who fears starvation or death in the copper mines. When he hatches a plan to stow away on a ship bound for the Colonies, several problems surface from the time he slides over the railing to face a group of German passengers to Pennsylvania and beyond. He is befriended by the Germans; a dog; an English gentleman, Harry Carlton; a hurricane; a crime committed; probability of indenture; attacked by a French privateer; all occur on board. When he arrives in Philadelphia, he finds that the “City of Brotherly Love,” is not always so loving, especially when his nemesis surfaces again. A near death experience surfaces. The story follows Davey, along with Carlton (aka Carlin), for another year. Adventure and learning about God, the true Father.