Join historian and author, Peter Emanuel, who will discuss his work of non-fiction, Course Change. Emanuel relays the harrowing story of the whaleship Stonington and it’s unexpected role in the Mexican-American War during 1846. Emanuel researched the story with meticulous detail, using accounts in the ship’s log as one of his primary sources.
Peter Emanuel is a retired educator and musician in New London County, Connecticut. Peter earned a bachelor of science in education from the University of Connecticut in 1977 and a masters in history from American Public University in 2012. He began teaching at The Williams School, a private college preparatory school in New London, in 1991, and would later become History Department Head at The Williams School of New London in 2014.
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