Book release day is always exciting, but it makes for a busy week. My 20th book, "The Pig War & the Pelican Girls: 21 Extraordinary Forgotten Stories from American History," hit bookstores this past Tuesday.
The book is another deep dive into little known, obscure, and forgotten stories from history, this time focusing on American history. The title is a bit of a misnomer because while there are 21 main stories I have researched, there are an additional 21 that I call, "Footnotes to History," shorter tales just as fascinating that I felt needed to be told.
The book is available now at your favorite online or local bookstore. If you order online, may I suggest Bookshop.Org, an online bookseller that donates a portion of sales to help independent bookstores.
Better yet, I invite you to come to my first book signing for "The Pig War" this Saturday, April 26th, at the Haunted Bookshop in Mobile, AL. I'll be signing from 1 to 3 pm, but come on down and spend the day. It's a celebration of Independent Bookstore Day with other great authors, snacks, and surprises.
And of course, you know that I just had to drop the next episode of The Pig War's companion podcast. Episode 3 is titled, "Viking Phones Home," the story of the opening of the National Air and Space Museum in July 1976, the special "guest" that did the ribbon cutting - the Viking Mars spacecraft from millions of miles away as it orbited the Red Planet. You can catch the latest episode on my website (complete with the videos used to produce the episode,) Public Radio Exchange (PRX), and Podbean.
So, as I said, a busy week! Hope you enjoy "The Pig War and the Pelican Girls" and I look forward to seeing you Saturday at the Haunted Bookshop. Till next time...
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