Public Talks and Appearances
From time to time I have the opportunity to give a public presentation on my research. These are a lot of fun for me, and (I hope) informative for the audience. On this page I’ll keep a listing of upcoming presentations and appearances. Hope to see you there!

Upcoming Talks and Events
Buffalo Bayou Steamboats
Book Talk and Signing
Jean Laffite Society
April 9, 2013 (Time TBA)
Meridian Towers Retirement Center
23rd Street and Seawall Boulevard
Galveston, Texas
Cotton by Rail to the SeaBook Talk and Signing, Burton Cotton Gin Museum 24th Annual Cotton Gin Festival
April 20, 2013 (Time TBA) 307 North Main Burton, Texas Buffalo Bayou Steamboats Book Talk and Signing Galveston Historical Foundation Menard Summer Lecture Series Sunday, June 23, 2013 at 2 p.m. Tickets required. Menard Hall, 33rd and Avenue Galveston, Texas 77550
Past Talks and Events
For-Profit Patriots: Civil War Blockade Runners of the Texas Coast SCV John Bell Hood Camp No. 50 March 19, 2012 Shrimp n’ Stuff, 39th and Avenue O Galveston, Texas 77550 Blockade Runners of the Texas Coast Houston Museum of Natural Science March 27, 2012 Houston, Texas For-Profit Patriots: Civil War Blockade Runners of the Texas Coast Galveston Historical Foundation Summer Lecture Series July 15, 2012 Menard Hall, 33rd and Avenue O Galveston, Texas 77550 For-Profit Patriots: Civil War Blockade Runners of the Texas CoastTerry’s Texas Rangers Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy
October 1, 2012 at 10 a.m.
George Memorial Library
1001 Golfview Drive
Richmond, Texas 77469 For-Profit Patriots: Civil War Blockade Runners of the Texas Coast
Houston Archaeological Society
October 18, 2012 at 7 p.m.
Room 103, Anderson Hall, Building 20
The University of St. Thomas, 3800 Montrose
Houston, Texas 77006
Free and Open to the Public Buffalo Bayou Steamboats
Houston History Book Fair & Symposium
Saturday, November 10, 2012, 10 to 4 p.m. Book Talk, 1:30 p.m. in the Reading Room Julia Ideson Building 500 McKinney Street Houston, Texas Buffalo Bayou Steamboats
Book Signing, Galveston Bookshop Saturday, November 17, 2012, 2 to 4 p.m. 317 23rd Street
Galveston, Texas Buffalo Bayou Steamboats
Book Signing, The Admiralty
(with Jim Schmidt, author of Galveston and the Civil War: An Island City in the Maelstrom)
Sunday, December 2, 2012, 11 to 3 p.m. Dickens on the Strand (Festival Admission required) 2221 The Strand
Galveston, Texas Buffalo Bayou Steamboats Book Lecture and Signing, Houston Maritime Museum Thursday, December 13, 7 p.m. 2204 Dorrington Street
Houston, Texas Buffalo Bayou Steamboats
Book Signing, G. Lee Gallery (with other great authors)
Saturday, December 15, 2012, Noon to 5 p.m.
2215 Postoffice Street
Galveston, Texas Buffalo Bayou Steamboats Book Lecture and Signing, Brazoria County Historical Museum Thursday, December 20, 6:30 p.m. 100 E. Cedar Street Angleton, Texas Buffalo Bayou Steamboats Brazos Bookstore (with Jim Schmidt, author of Galveston and the Civil War: An Island City in the Maelstrom) January 10, 2013 at 7 p.m. 2421 Bissonnet Street Houston, Texas 77005 ____________



