Wade G DudleyBorn and bred a Tar Heel, Wade G. Dudley holds a Ph.D. in history from the University of Alabama, and an M.A. in maritime history and nautical archaeology from East Carolina University. He teaches North Carolina History, among other courses, a East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. He is the author of the award-winning Splintering the Wooden Wall: The British Blockade of the United States, 1812-1815 (Naval Institute Press, 2003) and Drake: For God, Queen, and Plunder (Potomac Books, 2003), as well as numerous articles, book chapters, and short stories.Dudley has written Historic Photos of Wilmington and Historic Photos of Winston-Salem, both available from Turner Publishing Company. Read More Read Less