Profiles in Colonial History

by Aleck Loker

Overview

Profiles provides biographies of six important figures in our American history. They span the 200-year colonial period, from the attempted English settlement at Roanoke Island through the American Revolution.
Some of these people you have heard of, such as Patrick Henry; others may be new to you. All made important contributions to the building of our nation.

This volume provides the six biographies previously published as individual booklets in the Profiles in Colonial History series. The book provides a larger format, with minor editorial changes, but otherwise includes all the material in the individual biographies. 185 pages with 30 illustrations.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940011810756
Publisher:	Solitude Press
Publication date:	01/01/2008
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

I'm a ninth-generation Maryland native who knows and loves history. I attended the College of William and Mary in Virginia where I received a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics in 1964. After college, I enjoyed a thirty-three year career at the Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, Maryland. In my Navy career, I achieved recognition for innovative work that was widely published. My collaboration with Naval test pilots and engineers spanned virtually every facet of the aircraft flight test work at the Patuxent Navy base. I served as the Executive Director of the Naval Air Station during my last three years with the Navy.

Along the way, I studied local history and published numerous articles in magazines and in the Chronicles of St. Mary’s, a publication of the St. Mary’s County Historical Society. My first book-length work was the popular A Most Convenient Place, Leonardtown, Maryland 1650-1950, which has gone into the second printing.

My first novel, A Matter of Space, reflects my strong affection for the important work done by the Navy at Patuxent River Naval Air Station and the equally important work of the archaeologists, historians, interpreters and staff at Historic St. Mary’s City.

My wife Ann and I live in Williamsburg, Virginia. I'm currently working on a series of children’s stories and a third novel.