Donald G ShometteDonald Grady Shomette is a nationally known maritime historian and for more than two decades a staff member of the Library of Congress. As a cultural resources consultant and marine archaeologist he has been engaged by myriad governments, universitie and museums. As a researcher, writer and lecturer he has worked internationally under the sponsorships of the National Park Service, the National Geographic Society, the US Navy, and others. Author of eighteen books, and contributor to many professional journals, encyclopedias and anthologies of history, archaeology and poetry, his writings have also appeared in such publications as National Geographic, History and Technology, and Sea History. He is thrice winner of the prestigious John Lyman Book Award for Best American Maritime History, recipient of the Calvert Prize for historic preservation, and holds an honorary PhD from the University of Baltimore. Read More Read Less