Meet the Author Robert W. Pelton has been writing and lecturing for more than 40 years on historical, biographical and other subjects. He has published hundreds of articles and more than 75 books. covering such things as a marvelous The Freelance Writer's Survival Handbook; Unwanted Dead or Alive - The Greatest Act of Treason in Our History - The betrayal of American POWs Following World War 11, Korea and Vietnam; The Joe McCarthy Chronicles. Pelton has carefully mined hundreds of sources for historical cooking and baking recipes from the early days of America. He has perused innumerable old cookbooks as well as yellowed and tattered handwritten receipt ledgers from both private and public archives and libraries. Through all this, he has been able to skillfully recreate these treasures of the past in an unparalleled series of 10 historical cookbooks. Each recipe has been meticulously updated for use in kitchens of today. His latest is titled Cooking & Baking During the War of Northern Aggression - Special Southern Edition. Pelton speaks to groups all over the United States. Tom R. Murray offers this: "Mr. Pelton puts together rare combinations of intellectual energies as a writer and speaker that will captivate an audience."