Author: Kyle Dalton

Kyle Dalton is a summa cum laude graduate of the Catholic University of America. He is currently the Public Programs Administrator at Historic London Town and Gardens, an outdoor living history museum on the site of an original colonial seaport. Kyle is also the author of British Tars: 1740-1790, a blog featuring primary source images of sailors in the period.

Arts & Literature Posted on May 2, 2017April 20, 2017

Hearts of Oak on Canvas: Watson and the Shark

A single day of gory trauma defined the life of Brook Watson. As a teenager, he had gone swimming in Havana harbor, where a shark attacked him. The shark first peeled off the skin of his calf with its thrashing bite. With its second turn, Watson’s foot was wrenched away at the ankle. His own […]

by Kyle Dalton