I will be presenting a paper, The Guns of August and the 1914 European Cruise of USS Tennessee (ACR-10), at the McMullen History Symposium at the U.S. Naval Academy on Friday, September 18, 2016.
Category: Articles
Embassy Listed in Naval Institute Press Catalog
Naval Institute Press Fall 2015 catalog features
Embassy to the Eastern Courts: America’s Secret First Pivot Towards Asia 1832-37.
Embassy Jacket Cover Art
A short discussion of the selection of jacket cover art.
Dixie
I started researching the origins of this famous song in connection with a book I thought about writing on the flight of Confederates from the South at the end of the Civil War; some to reestablish plantation agriculture in a more congenial place, some to escape prosecution or want, and some (often former army and navy officers) to find employment in familiar work. That book, Leaving Dixie was its working title, might yet get researched and written, but right now—May 2015—I’ve moved on to something else. This short essay was to have been Leaving Dixie’s preface.
Ann & Amelia
Read my article on THE WRECK OF THE EAST INDIAMAN ANN & AMELIA, AUGUST 31, 1833.