Leslie Compton — A Sailor's Story From the Great White Fleet: Teddy Roosevelt's America | 8/21/2019
A Sailor's Story From the Great White Fleet: Teddy Roosevelt's America Leslie Compton, Author of Dearest Minnie: A Sailor's Story Leslie began writing Dearest Minnie 20 years ago after discovering that a large section of her postcard collection, inherited from her grandfather’s cousin, was written by a sailor on the USS Virginia. A lover of American history, Leslie became fascinated by this major event and spent years researching the topic in libraries and museums on both east and west coasts, and meeting like minds on the Internet to create this strong narrative driven historical fiction, which brings to light a typical sailor’s life during Teddy Roosevelt’s Great White Fleet cruise of 16 battleships around the world in 1907-1909. She will present this story using many of her archival postcards, which depict this historic event.
A Sailor's Story From the Great White Fleet: Teddy Roosevelt's America Leslie Compton, Author of Dearest Minnie: A Sailor's Story Leslie began writing Dearest Minnie 20 years ago after discovering that a large section of her postcard collection, inherited from her grandfather’s cousin, was written by a sailor on the USS Virginia. A lover of American history, Leslie became fascinated by this major event and spent years researching the topic in libraries and museums on both east and west coasts, and meeting like minds on the Internet to create this strong narrative driven historical fiction, which brings to light a typical sailor’s life during Teddy Roosevelt’s Great White Fleet cruise of 16 battleships around the world in 1907-1909. She will present this story using many of her archival postcards, which depict this historic event.