Robert N. Macomber is an internationally recognized maritime expert who has won awards for his literary work and been named to the U.S. Army’s Distinguished Military Author Series. He is a lecturer for the American History Forum and an annual guest author aboard the Queen Mary 2. He lives at the quaint fishing village of Matlacha Island on Florida’s lower Gulf Coast and roams the oceans each year, researching, lecturing and writing. His website is www.robertmacomber.com.