DAVID HEALEY
Book signing and reading Saturday, July 31 at the Chesapeake Folk Festival in St. Michaels, Md.
1812: Rediscovering Chesapeake Bay's Forgotten War
From the creation of the "Star-Spangled Banner" to Uncle Sam, the War of 1812 left a lasting legacy. The true story of that war is largely forgotten today. This new release from Bella Rosa Books explores America's Second War of Independence from today's perspective. Along the way readers will meet War of 1812 re-enactors, salty sailors aboard the Pride of Baltimore II, archaeologists and backyard historians, and even a man who makes his living portraying President James Madison. Visit Fort McHenry, tour Baltimore's Star-Spangled Banner Flag House and dig for artifacts on remote battlefields. In a journey that's part history, part travelogue -- with a few current events mixed in -- rediscover the lively past of the War of 1812 as it comes to life once again.
Sharpshooter
The year is 1864. General Ulysses S. Grant's Army of the Potomac is positioned across the trenches from the remnants of General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. One major Union campaign will put the Confederate capital into Yankee hands. Lucas Cole is the best sharpshooter in the Confederate army, his skills as a sniper almost legendary. Now Cole has been assigned to his most challenging mission yet -- and General Ulysses S. Grant is his target. With the help of a beautiful Rebel spy, Lucas Cole will attempt to alter the course of the war with a single bullet. Using an artfully planned seduction, that spy will try to clear Cole's line of fire. And with all his might, one man will fight to prevent an assassination that could ensure Confederate victory.
The Books
DELMARVA LEGENDS AND LORE Between the waters of the Atlantic and the Chesapeake is Delmarva, a storied land that was once the hunting ground of Blackbeard, where ancient sea monsters lurk and wild ponies gallop along the beaches. Local author David Healey explores the lore of Delmarva, from the legends of St. Michaels -- the town that escaped British cannons with a clever trick -- to stories of Assateague's cannibalistic colonists and the all but forgotten history of Anna Carroll, President Lincoln's "Dear Lady" who is rumored to have brilliantly advised him on strategy during the Civil War. On these pages you will find the secret history and remarkable legends of Delmarva revealed. (History Press Spring 2010)
SHARPSHOOTER A Confederate sniper attempts to assassinate Union General Ulysses S. Grant. (Second edition in trade paperback from Bella Rosa Books November 2007; original mass market paperback Jove Books November 1999).
REBEL FEVER A Union doctor and nurse try to stop a deadly epidemic. (PublishAmerica August 2003)
REBEL TRAIN Confederate raiders seize the train carrying Abraham Lincoln to Gettysburg. (Harbor House Books)
1812: REDISCOVERING THE CHESAPEAKE BAY'S FORGOTTEN WAR A look at this amazing war from today's perspective. (BellaRosa Books)
Praise for SHARPSHOOTER
"SHARPSHOOTER" has the feel of a techno-thriller, the kind offered by Tom Clancy or Dean Koontz . . . Healey is very skillful at drawing the reader into the story . . SHARPSHOOTER moves quickly and is filled with all manner of intrigue."
- The Civil War News
