Tales of DELMARVA and Other Places

About the Book

This book is an anthology of unusual, little-known stories about DELMARVA Peninsula and other places in the United States and overseas. DELMARVA is a short name for the peninsula in the Mid-Atlantic Coast area of the United States between Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean. It consists of parts of the state of Delaware (DEL) and the Eastern Shore of Maryland (MAR) and Virginia (VA).

The DELMARVA stories in the book range from the history of the area, to Pirates who operated there, to one of America's greatest Naval heroes, Stephen Decatur, who was born there, to the champion horse Man o' War who trained there, to the U-boat that surrendered there, to the 1998 making of the movie Runaway Bride there.

The "Other Places" essays include one about a U.S. Marine hero, some personal reminiscences involving family and of Berlin, Germany in 1956 and when the Berlin Wall went up in 1961, together with stories ranging from the genesis of the Triple Crown horse race, the Preakness Stakes, to Himalayas trekking, to the U.S. Army Show in World War II performed in many cities in the U.S. to convince Americans that the U.S. Army was ready for war.

About the Author

The author has written four other books, The Filming of "Runaway Bride" in Historic Berlin, Maryland, two on the Pentagon, where he worked for many years and one on the history of his community. He also wrote extensively for local newspapers and magazines on DELMARVA and many subjects for 12 years.