Maine Events in Yarmouth, Rockland and Bath

With the Captain of the USS Constitution

This is an exciting week for those who have been preparing for the bicentennial of the War of 1812. Monday, June 18 is the 200th anniversary of the signing of the declaration of war and the planned commemorations all over the country will begin and continue until 2015.  I have a busy week planned with 3 talks that are open to the public. I hope you can attend one of them.

Monday at 7PM I'll be speaking at the Yarmouth Historical Society.

Thursday at 6:30 PM I'll be speaking at the Rockland Historical Society (at the library)

Saturday at 6:00 PM I'll be speaking at the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath

Click on this link for details on these events: www.georgedaughanevents.blogspot.com

Massachusetts Events

An exciting day at the Constitution

I have a couple of very busy weeks coming up. I'm off to Massachusetts again, this time to speak at the Winslow House in Marshfield on Tuesday morning, and then on to Falmouth (Mass) to speak at the historical society Wednesday night. I'll be back in Maine Friday to speak at the Rotary Club in Portland. For more information about these events please click on the speaking schedule link over in the righthand side bar. If you live in any of these areas I hope to meet you.

Many Maine events the following week. Check the schedule and I'll post more about those at the end of the week.

Scarborough, Maine and Charlestown, Mass

I'll be speaking and signing books in Scarborough, Maine this week on Wednesday night (6:30) at the Scarborough Public Library. If you missed the talk at the Portland Library this is another chance for Maine friends to catch the talk about "1812:The Navy's War".

On Thursday night at 7:00 I'll be speaking and signing books at the Charlestown, Mass branch of the Boston Public Library. That's in Charlestown, Mass - home to the Constitution.

For more information on these events click here

A gold medal and more

Booksigning at Book Passage, Corte Madera, California

 

This has been an exciting week. On Tuesday "1812" was selected as one of the top 20 "Notable Naval Books of 2011" by Proceedings Magaazine. Also on Tuesday "1812" was chosen as the gold medal winner in the U.S. History catagory by the Independent Publisher Book Awards. The medal will be awarded in New York on June 4th. I am honored to have received these 2 important recognitions for "1812:The Navy's War". There have also been several nice reviews published this week in a variety of magazines. Click on the page for reviews over in the right hand side bar to see some of them.

Californa Events this week

This week I have 2 events in California. Monday, April 23 I'll be speaking at 7PM at Books, Inc in Berkley and on Friday evening I'll be speaking at 7PM at Book Passage in Corte Madera. Looking forward to see some friends who live in the area.

Camden, Maine Event

                               A full house at Marblehead Historical Society last week.


Join me this week in Camden, Maine at the Camden library for a discussion about the War of 1812 and a booksigning. The event takes place on Tuesday, April 10 at 6:30 in the library. If you live in the area I hope to see you there.

This week: Marblehead, Mass.

After a 5 week road trip I'm back in New England. This week I'll be speaking at the Marblehead Museum (Mass) Historical Society. We will meet in Abbot Hall in Marblehead at 7 on Thursday, April 5, for a talk and booksigning. If you're in the area I hope you can attend.

The George Pendleton Prize and Florida events

A full house at the Newport News Maritime Museum

"1812: The Navy's War" has received the 2012 George Pendleton Prize for an outstanding book.The award will be presented at the 2012 SHFG awards luncheon on March 21, 2012. What a great honor to be selected.

The events in the mid-Atlantic last week were very exciting. As you can see from the photo we had a full house at all events and met many wonderful people. Now on to some events in Florida. I'll be speaking in Sanibel, Tampa and St Petersburg. You can get the details by clicking on the events link over on the righthand side bar.

Virginia, Washington, DC, and Annapolis

This week I will be busy speaking in Virginia, Washington, DC and Annapolis, Md.

Monday, Feb 27 I'll be speaking at the Mariners' Museum at 100 Museum Drive, Newport News, Va at 7PM for their evening lecture series.

Thursday, March 1 I'll be at the United States Navy Memorial at noon for their Authors on Deck Series. This talk is in the Presidents Room at the Naval Heritage Center, 701 Pennsylvania Ave N.W. in Washington, DC.

Thursday March 1, at 7 PM I'll be at the Annapolis Maritime Museum, 723 Second St, Annapolis, Md. for their Winter Seminar Series.

All of these programs are open to the public.

The Audies

"1812: The Navy's War" has been selected as a finalist by the Audio Publishers Association for their 2012 Audie Awards competition in the history catagory. "This is the only awards program in the United States devoted entirely to honoring spoken word entertainment. Winners will be announced at the Audies Gala on June 5, 2012, at the New-York Historical society in New York". This competition is known as the "Oscars" of Audio Books. I am honored that "1812" has been nominated for this award.