"History is more fun when it's taught by people who love it."
Background
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"I have the greatest job, because its also my hobby." An avid Revolutionary War reenactor who portrays British, as well as American interpretation, Chief Interpreter/Assistant Educator and now Executive Director at Fort Mifflin on the Delaware, a Historical Landmark in Philadelphia. Lee takes his love of history seriously and it comes out in his writing.
Birth Place
Havertown, PA US
Accomplishments
United States Navy War College - History of the Military Certification.
United States Navy Anti-sub Warfare Wings
Battle E - USS Mount Whitney March 1990
Humanitarian Award - For service during Serbian Airlift
Arctic Service Medal - 20 Days Service above the Arctic Circle
Armed Forces Service Medal - Service during the Gulf War
Liberation of Kuwait Medal
Naval Expeditionary Medal - Circumnavigation of Greeneland
Naval Overseas Service Ribbon - 6 years service overseas
US Navy Good Conduct Medal - 3 Awards (just getting one is hard enough for a sailor)
Additional Information
My last book was published in 2000 and entitled: "Forgotten Patriot -The Life and Times of Major-general Nathanael Greene." The biography of the Revolutionary War's second greatest leader. Now available at any bookseller by special order or available online at Amazon.com, Borders.com or BarnesandNoble.com.
I am presently working on a manuscript on "William H. Howe." A Civil War Union soldier that was arrested for desertion and murder and was executed in August 1863 at Fort Mifflin. I hope to have the manuscript completed by summer 2010.
My first book was "Forty Minutes by the Delaware" is about the Battle of Fort Mercer (also known as the Battle of Red Bank)which also delves into the lives of the Whitall Family, owners of the land that Fort Mercer is located and was built on. It also looks into the lives of Quakers in the Delaware Valley, as well as the camplife of an American revolutionary soldier and fighting techniques of the Hessian army. Available by special order from any bookseller, or online (at) Amazon.com, Borders.com, and Barnes & Noble.com.