Les Eldridge, Author & Lecturer

Les Eldridge, Author & Lecturer
Les at the Arizona Memorial

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

About The Author

Les Eldridge is the author of four novels in a series on the American Civil War at sea. He also co-authored The Wilkes Expediton, Puget Sound and the Oregon Country, a history. He is a US Army veteran who taught maritime history periodically for 30 years in Washington colleges, and chaired the maritime committee of the Washington State Centennial Committee as well as holding appointments from five Washington State governors and the chief justice of the State Supreme Court.

He began his series after retiring from careers in university administration, elected office, and administrative law. He lives on Puget Sound and the island of O'ahu.


Series: Rory Dunbrody and Tobias St. John
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The Chesapeake CommandDunbrody and St. John are thrust into armed confrontation with the British over possession of San Juan Island
Gray Raiders, Green SeasConfrontation on Chesapeake Bay, the Carolina coasts and the high seas
The Wake of the Woonsocket

The Pride of Pascagoula
Tobias, aboard USS Woonsocket, must sort through the conflicting expectations of Mexican President Benito Juarez

The lads return to the Pacific Northwest. Rory commands a rebel raider with Tobias aboard a Union sloop of war in hot pursuit.