The New Book on the Sinking of the SS El Faro Will Make Some Waves

Posted: March 7, 2018 in Contemporary Commentary 0 “Into the Raging Sea” by Rachel Slade is a page turner that

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A Requiem for Real Wheels: Richie Brigidi, Philadelphia Drag Racing and Oldsmobile 442s

Pardon the nostalgia.  I’m posting some of my old favorite stories from my journalistic days and this Inquirer Magazine piece

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The Wreck of the SS Marine Electric — 36 Years Ago

Here’s the original story Tim and I wrote 36 years ago.  This and reform efforts within Congress and the Coast

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The Man-Eaters of Kruger National Park

  The Return of the Man-eater   Men’s Journal, January 2003   By Robert Frump     Neville Edwards was

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Philadelphia Inquirer Authors List from Jim Remsen

Authors Who Worked at The Philadelphia Inquirer.  What a legacy.  Courtesy of Jim intended for the Inquirer and Daily News

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Richard Wickboldt, Brother of a Cadet Lost on the Marine Electric, Crosses the Bar

“Crossing the Bar” by Tennyson Richard Wickboldt, one brother among four who sailed in the American merchant marine, died recently

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The Daughter of a Rescued Father and the Daughter of a Rescuer Reunite in Chatham

(I had hoped this would happen and was figuring out how to introduce the families.  They beat me to it.) (The

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A Bernie Webber Coast Guard Father’s Day Story

(Author’s note:  Members of the Steele family contacted me after reading my book, “Two Tankers Down,” which recounts the wreck

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An Odd Admiralty Alignment on El Faro

The most significant “reveal” at the US Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation into the sinking of the El Faro

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In a World of Television News Hurt, Jacksonville Shines on El Faro

Print and television journalists don’t always get along and as an ink-stained wretch, I continue to despair at the level

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