Argonaut is Soon to appear in Kindle

June 22, 2020 ~ dwwooddell ~ Leave a comment

Argonaut – An Angel and Gabri Adventure

D. W. Welsh’s novella Argonaut – An Angel and Gabri Adventure is finally available on Kindle. This book takes the reader along with the two delightful and adventurous young French citizens on their travel to America by way of steamship during the high belle époque. Witnessing the wealth of New York, as well as the poverty of the immigrant tenements, these two encounter an experimental dirigible, a civilian submarine called a submersible in Baltimore harbor, and meet fascinating and powerful people of the age in 1897 United States. Then they escape with a fortune of the French government’s money and flee southward along the coast of the United States, heading for the tropical islands, pineapples, and of course, bananas.

The sequel, Angel and Gabri’s next adventure, The Banana War is due out later in 2020!

D. W. Welsh is keeping busy during the covid-19 pandemic

June 22, 2020June 22, 2020 ~ dwwooddell ~ Leave a comment

Daughter of Allegheny

Author D. W. Welsh is keeping busy. Last week, he published a novella, Daughter of Allegheny on Amazon as both Kindle and paperback. The story is a fun fantasy involving the Tall People of Allegheny Mountain. You may call them bigfoot, but they call themselves the Tall. Through three generations of Tall women, the reader is taken on an adventure of warmth, feeling, and magic in a world fully realized with detail and skill in the writing.

River Goddesses

The Tall women, Mother, Allie, and Kinzie are river goddesses. Their powers grow through experiences in the course of the story. I fully recommend this novella, and no, they are not who or what you think. They are more!

They are more than a pair of big feet

Why do they leave no trace? Or more importantly, how do they leave no trace? Well, you’ll have to read the book to find out.

BOOK LAUNCH “The Inspection Tugboats Baltimore 1857-1980”

June 10, 2020June 10, 2020 ~ dwwooddell ~ Leave a comment

ANNOUNCING the publication of “The Inspection Tugboats Baltimore 1857-1980” by David W. Wooddell, 299 pages, B&W, at Amazon, May 2020.

The “Baltimore” (1906) was the last operating coal-powered steam tugboat in Baltimore Harbor. “The Inspection Tugboats Baltimore 1857-1980” is a richly detailed history of the two inspection tugboats named the “Baltimore” from 1857 to 1980. It’s a biography of the two city-owned inspection tugboats, as well as a history of Baltimore harbor and the iceboats that operated alongside the “Baltimore” to keep the harbor, the Patapsco River, and the Chesapeake Bay clear of ice. They towed vessels off the shore, saved men trapped and in desperate need, and they helped the harbor run efficiently.

They towed vessels off the shore, saved men trapped and in desperate need, and they helped the harbor run efficiently. The book begins with the building of the first tugboat “Baltimore” in 1857 by Murray & Hazlehurst at their Vulcan Works.

The narrative details the boat’s invaluable service to the city, mayor, port warden, and city council. In 1906 the second tugboat “Baltimore” was built for the city by the William H. Skinner & Sons Shipyard. The second “Baltimore” (1906) remains with us today. She served the city until she was transferred to the Maryland Port Authority, and not much later sold. Sam du Pont bought the boat and operated her as a yacht, winning awards for the historic vessel. She sank in 1979. After the “Baltimore” (1906) was brought up from the Sassafras River, Sam and Jeanne du Pont donated her to the Baltimore Museum of Industry (BMI).

This book ends with the “Baltimore’s” designation as a National Historic Landmark by the National Park Service. Archival records, news reports, and interviews from ten years research inform the book.