First Book Event

First Book Event

I had a small private event to launch the book in November. It gave me the opportunity to celebrate with family and friends and also to speak about the book in a little more depth. I realized that speaking about the book focused me on not only why I wrote this book...
Thoughts on Wouk

Thoughts on Wouk

Herman Wouk and the True Story Behind the Caine Mutiny  I originally planned to start putting chapters here to coincide with Memorial Day, but the whole scheme also intersects with Herman Wouk’s 100th birthday (5/27/2015).  As I mentioned, the story of the...
Book Review

Book Review

Really proud to share the review of my book A Bird in the Deep.  I think it’s a great description of the book and the journey to get there: “This well-written history draws connections to an iconic novel and illuminates the lives of World War II...
Possible Expedition to Partridge

Possible Expedition to Partridge

Last month I received an email from Chris Howlett with some interesting news: A couple of years ago I was involved in a major bathymetric survey of the Normandy beaches in which we attempted to locate and classify all wrecks along the 5 beaches.  One of the wrecks we...