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The dunbrody - st. john series

"....a marvelous tale of courage, risk, romance, life and death...
told with an easy candor and fascinating surprise."
- Dr. Robert D. Peck, President, South Sound Maritime Heritage Association

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Books Published, Scheduled and under way

5/6/2017

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BOOKS SCHEDULED AND UNDER WAY:“Water, Woods and Prairies,” a history of Thurston County by Crowell, Eldridge, Crooks, Stevenson, Johnson, Trosper, et al., Thurston County Historical Commission, publishers.  Layout by Seattle Media Lab to be complete March 31, 2017.​

“From Bad to Verse, the Doggerel of Les Eldridge,” Leeward Coast Press, publishers.  Edit by June 2017.  Print by September 2017.

“The Tugs at the Top of the Sound” by Les Eldridge, Leeward Coast Press.  Print by Jan 2019.  Published by Olympia Harbor Days in monthly serial installments as “Tug of the Month” appearing in Three Sheets NW, Thurston Talk, other on-line outlets from November 2016 to August 2018.

“The Varsity Eight, Undefeated and Unremembered,” an irreverent rowing memoir by Les Eldridge.  Leeward Coast Press.  Interviews complete by Jan 2018.  Print by September 2018.

“The Fenian Frigate,” #6 in the Dunbrody-St. John series. Leeward Coast Press, write in 2017, Publish 2018.  By Les Eldridge.

“Backbone of Government,” a pictorial history of Washington’s 39 counties, Washington State Assoc. of Counties (WSAC), publisher, by Les Eldridge, March 2017-one-third complete, renegotiate pub date to 2018.

“North Coast, the Wild Coast,” a history of early Pacific NW maritime encounters, Leeward Coast Press, by Les Eldridge, 2020.

“Black Jacks in Union Blue,” how African-American sailors helped preserve the Republic, by Les Eldridge, 2019.

“Master Maritime Managers, the CEOs of the Sea,” the twenty most effective administrative naval commanders in history, by Les Eldridge, 2021

“Pathway to the Past, a modern excursion on the path of the 1824 Hudson’s Bay Company expedition from Astoria to Puget Sound under James McMillan,” with historical notations by Rodney Payne and Les Eldridge, 2021.

“Tobias and the Pirates,” a contemporary maritime thriller, by Craig Payne, LCDR, USN (Ret.) and Les Eldridge, 2022

“The Ships of the Samurai,” #7 in the Dunbrody-St. John series, by Les Eldridge, 2020.

BOOKS PUBLISHED:“The Wilkes Expedition, Puget Sound and the Oregon Country,” a history by Fran Barkan, Les Eldridge, Drew Crooks, WA State Hist. Soc., publisher, 1987-in print.

“Maritime Olympia and South Puget Sound,” a history by Les Eldridge and John W. Hough, Arcadia Publishing, Images of America, May 2017.

by Les Eldridge

“The Chesapeake Command,” 1st edition 2005, Broadside Press. 2nd revised edition 2008, Leeward Coast Press.
“Gray Raiders, Green Seas,” 2007, Leeward Coast Press.
“The Wake of the Woonsocket,” 2008, Leeward Coast Press.
“The Pride of Pascagoula,” 2010, Leeward Coast Press.
“The Chilean Corvette,” 2014, Leeward Coast Press.



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Upcoming appearances

8/25/2015

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Appearances for the Arcadia book "Maritime Olympia and South Puget Sound"
Scheduled and completed:
3-18-17, KXXO, Dick Pust, Les gave  5 minute book description
3-22-17, Washington State Transportation Commission (Les speaks on Mosquito Fleet, presents summary of book).
4-8-17, TC History Conference, Schmidt House, Les to give 15 minute presentation, plug book.
4-12-17, PLU Life Long Learning, Les will talk on Confederates on NW Coast, plug book.
4-12-17, Les will attend TC Historic Commission Meeting, plug book.
6-15-17, noon, Lacey Rotary Club, Lacey WA, 20 minute power point
6-15-17, 7:00 PM, one hour appearance & power point talk, Browser’s Books, Olympia
6-22-17, 5:30 PM, Book Launch party, (readings, short remarks) at home of Dean and Sharon Foster, 1314 Eskridge, Olympia
6-26-17, noon, Tacoma South Rotary Club., 20 min. pwr pt.
7-1-17, 3-6 PM, meet, greet sign, at Barnes and Noble, Olympia.
7-19-17, noon, South Hill Rotary, Puyallup, WA.  John & Les present book, sell & sign.
7-11-17, Gig Harbor Rotary Club, 5:00 PM for 5:300 mtg.
7-25-17, Gig Harbor Mid-Day Rotary Club, 20 min. pwr. pt.
7-31-17, John and Les will present book program to Olympia Kiwanis, noon, Tugboat Annie’s.
8-14-17, noon, Olympia Rotary Club, Red Lion, Olympia, 20 min. pwr. pt.
9-23-17, 6:30 PM? Foss Waterway Museum, with Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society, one hour presentation.
 
Contact made, positive response
Captain’s Nautical, Seattle
Legislative Gift Center, Capitol Building, this Summer
Military Officer of America Association (MOAA),
Whatcom Maritime Assoc.,
Panorama (retirement home, Learning in Retirement program), June or July
Tacoma Rotary Club
Inside Olympia program series, Television of Washington (TVW)
Tumwater Rotary, July or August
Tacoma Sunset Rotary July or Aug.
Article submitted for new Thurston County Historical Journal (quarterly, due in July)  
 
Sub total of  pending appearances above: 16 confirmed, 10 contacted.
    
Other possible: contacted or to be contacted:
1 Lions club
TCTV
ThurstonTalk
3 Sheets NW
Power squadrons
Yacht clubs
Puget Sound Naval Museum
Brilliant Moon Books, Shelton
Gig Harbor Maritime Museum
Dick Pust, Program chair,  West Olympia Rotary.

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"Chanteyman leads a halyard chantey, schooner Adventuress, April 2015"

5/28/2015

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The Chilean Corvette

5/1/2015

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My fifth maritime historical novel, The Chilean Corvette, of the post-Civil War adventures of Rory and Tobias, sailors of fortune, will be out by the end of August, 2014.  Questions about availability may be sent to leewardcoastpress@comcast.net.
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More about the author

5/1/2015

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Les Eldridge is retired from careers as a college administrator, corporate executive, county commissioner, mediator, and administrative law hearings officer. He has held appointments from five Washington State governors, and from the chief justice of the state supreme court.

Since 1974, he has taught maritime history periodically at The Evergreen State College and South Puget Sound Community College. Eldridge is co-author of 
The Wilkes Expedition, Puget Sound and the Oregon Country, Washington State Capital Museum, 1987, which Nathaniel Philbrick, in Sea of Glory, called an excellent discussion. Eldridge chaired the maritime committee of the Washington State Centennial Commission. He is a graduate in history of the University of Washington, and an alumnus of Harvard University’s Institute for Educational Management. He holds two certificates from the National Judicial College, in administrative law and dispute resolution.

Eldridge holds the National Association of Counties Distinguished Service Award and served for five years on its board of directors. He coached five gold-medal winning boats in the National Women’s Rowing Association championships during the 1960s. He is still active in rowing and tennis.

The 
Chesapeake Command Broadsides Press, November, 2005, was his first novel, and Gray Raiders, Green Seascontinues the Dunbrody - St. John series.
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2015 Author appearances

4/30/2015

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4/14/2015: Book signing, State Reception Room, State Capitol Bldg.

4/15/2015: 7AM, Heritage Caucus, USS Olympia presentation. Sherberg Bldg.

4/30/2015: Narration aboard schooner Adventuress. 5:30PM, Budd Inlet.

Cancellation: Panorama has cancelled the April 4-part series "Sailing the Wine Dark Sea."

5/2/2015: Local historian conference, Schmidt House.

9/12/2015: Centralia College, Writers Workshop Presentation
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books available in many locations

4/30/2015

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The Chesapeake Command, Gray Raiders, Green Seas, and The Wake of the Woonsocket and The Pride of Pascagoula are available at any of this selected list of booksellers , as well as on Amazon:
Kindle (via Amazon)
The Mariners Museum, Newport News, VA
Banksquare Books, Mystic, CN
The African-American Civil War Museum, Washington, D.C.
Fireside Books, Olympia, WA
State Capital Musem, Olympia, WA
Sage Books, Shelton, WA
Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society Gift Shop, Seattle, WA
CuttySark Nautical Antiques, Seattle, WA
Captain's Nautical, SEattle, WA
SeaOcean Book Berth, Seattle, WA,
Santoro's Books, Seattle, WA
Watermark Books, Anacortes, WA
Moonraker Books, Langley, WA
The Evergreen State College Bookstore, Olympia, WA
Port Book and News, Port Angeles, WA
Mostly Books, Gig Harbor, WA
State Capital Museum Gift Shop, Olympia, WA
Bookends of Kailua, Oahu, HI
Hawaii Maritime Center, Honolulu, HI
USS Bowfin Museum Gift Shop, Pearl Harbor, HI
Old Lahaina Book Emporium, Lahaina, Maui, HI
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2014 - 2015 Author appearances

7/1/2014

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A schedule of maritime history appearances 


1-28-14 - Testimony before the Washington State Senate Natural Resources Committee in favor of a bill creating a State Maritime    Heritage Area.

2-15-14 - KXXO Radio, the Dick Pust Show, “Saving the Cruiser USS Olympia.”

5-6-14 - Washington Education Association, Chinook Council – “Confederates on the Northwest Coast.”

5-18-14 - Evergreen Heights Association Author’s Sale

6-16-14 - Olympia Sail and Power Squadron, “Saving the Cruiser USS Olympia.”

7-21-14 - Olympia Rotary, “Saving the Cruiser USS Olympia.” At noon.

7-30-14 - Thurston County Fair, Author’s Corner – 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm.

7-31-14 - Thurston County Fair, Author’s Corner -10:00 am to noon.

8-3-14 - Thurston County Fair, Author’s Corner – 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm

8-29-14 - Olympia Harbor Days, “Save the USS Olympia” tent, next to the Oyster House, 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm.  Sale of The Chilean Corvette, 30% to USS Olympia

8-30-14 - Olympia Harbor Days, “Save the USS Olympia” tent, next to the Oyster House, 10:00 am to 8:00 pm 

8-31-14 - Olympia Harbor Days, “Save the USS Olympia” tent, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm

9-5, 6, 7, - 2014 – Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival, Author’s Tent. Daily.

9-9-14 – Olympia Lions, First Baptist Church, “Saving the USS Olympia,” + 30% book sales to the Olympia, noon


9-14-14 – Narration aboard SS Virginia V to Panorama group on “Early Encounters in Puget Sound” during Tacoma to Seattle cruise.  Noon to 5:30 pm.

10-2-14 – Bainbridge Island Oatmeal Club, Eagle Harbor Congregational Church, “Saving the USS Olympia,” + 30% book sales to the Olympia
11-5-14 – Panorama Retirement Community’s  “Education in Retirement” series, topic TBD

11-11-14 - WA125 Admissions Day, “Save the USS Olympia table,” Capitol Rotunda, 
10:00 am to 4:00 pm.

11-13-14 – State Capitol Reception Room, Reading and Book Signing, The Chilean Corvette.  TBD, Legislative Building Gift Shop

2-15-2015, Jubilee Community Club, North Marvin Road, Olympia, time  TBD, “Confederates on the Northwest Coast”




Please call Les at 360-754-3711 or 360-701-3213 to schedule an appearance or for more information about the above listed appearances.
All of Les books will be available for sale at these events including: The Chesapeake Command, Gray Raiders, Green Seas, The Wake of the Woonsocket, and The Pride of Pascagoula, The Chilean Corvette and The Wilkes Expedition, Charles Wilkes and the Oregon Country, a history.
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Review of The Pride of Pascagoula

8/28/2011

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An excellent review of The Pride of Pascagoula was published in the July edition of All Force Military, USA. 
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Les presents series to his UW fraternity, Alpha Sigma Phi

6/4/2011

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    Les Eldridge retired from careers in elected office, university administration, and administrative law.  He lives on Puget Sound.

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