I was pleased to have an article published in the Sept/Oct. issue of Maryland Life. Titled “Land Grab: How DC snagged some prime Prince George’s real estate,” it examined the period when the nation was concerned with establishing a permanent home for the federal government on the Potomac River. It was a fun piece to put together and…
Category: Published Articles
Delmarva Quarterly: “Walking the Beat, Walking an Era”
The summer 2009 edition of Delmarva Quarterly, an excellent regional magazine, contains an article I wrote on Jesse Carmine, a police officer in Crisfield for almost half-a-century. I’d first met the 82-year-old Mr. Carmine about five years ago when I stopped by city hall to find someone to talk to about law enforcement in the small town. The clerk at city…
Maryland Life: Bridge Over Troubled Waters: What Killed George Askew?
The February 2009 edition of Maryland Life has an article I did on railroad engineer, George Askew. He was killed in 1903 in a tragic railroad accident on a bridge over the Elk Creek. What most interested me in this story was that his great-grandson, an investigator for the federal government, walked in one day…
The Other Iranian Crisis – 1935 on the Eastern Shore
I just had a piece published in Chesapeake Life called “To Catch a Diplomat, the Other Iranian Crisis.” In 1935, Elkton’s new police chief, weeks on the job, encountered the ambassador from Iran speeding through town. Never having heard of diplomatic immunity, he proceeded to lock up the dignatary. This caused a major diplomatic incident, which resulted…