Here are suggestions of interesting and useful links as well as key books (some of us still make use of old media!) concerning my primary professional interests as well as many (but not all!) of my avocational concerns. I'm a long-time collector of books on all of these subjects. If you have good web link suggestions (or find broken links---these sites were all checked in March 2004), I'd like to hear from you!

Professional (Teaching and Research) Interests:

Electronic Media History (Radio and television broadcasting, cable, satellite-based and related news and information services past and present)

Telecommunications History (From the telegraph and telephone in the 19th century right up to the expanding Web and spectrum-based technologies of today and tomorrow)

Avocational Pursuits:

Air Transport History (Airlines and airliners, especially the pre-jet era from the 1920s to the early 1960s, including airport history as well)

American Pre-Columbian Archeology (Especially Chaco Canyon [New Mexico] and Cahokia [outside of St. Louis], both of which are fascinating places to visit)

Classic Cars (1925-1942) (Sometimes called the "Olympians," these are the fast and powerful automobiles made both here and abroad, often with custom coachwork, and that cost a lot in their time---and far more today!)

Sir Winston S. Churchill (1874-1965: British politician who served twice as Prime Minister, historian, notable giver of speeches [later collected in 8 volumes!], and author of more than 40 books)

Codebreaking (Especially the role of codes in the two World Wars, and the Venona Cold War project)

Fortification History (Particularly medieval castles, the coastal fortifications of the 19th and 20th centuries, and the Maginot Line of the 1930s and related sites)

Passenger (Ocean) Liners (Ships and companies serving on the major Atlantic and Pacific runs)

Washington DC History (The physical development of one of the world's first pre-planned cities)