Captain Hale’s Covenant (McBooks Press, 2022)

Saturday, September 24, 2022
8:30 AM
Rollins Community Center and Lewes History Museum

Presented in partnership with the Lewes Historical Society.

About the book
Adam Hale, an American Revolutionary War blockade runner, builds a fortune in trade with France, England, and Jamaica during the Federal Period (1783–1822), when American captains dominate the seas. In a novel featuring Barbary pirates, Regency balls, privateers, a slave uprising, duels, the Peninsular Campaign, and pitched naval battles, Hale struggles to achieve a meaningful, personal commitment of civic duty to his country, while trying to reconcile evil in the world with an omniscient and loving God.

About the author
Thomas E. Crocker is a retired partner in a large national law firm and a one-time foreign service officer. The author of two books of historical nonfiction (Empire’s Eagles and Braddock’s March), Crocker based Captain Hale’s Covenant on the life of his four-times-great-grandfather.

Crocker was in conversation with Andrew J. Lyter at the event.

Andrew J. Lyter is the executive director of the Lewes Historical Society. He is an avid maritime historian and sailor, with experience crewing on tall ships in both the U.S. and U.K. Lyter curated the society’s exhibition, “Breaking Britannia’s Grasp: Lewes, the Royal Navy, and the Legacy of 1812.”   

Purchase the book
Please help support local independent bookstores by purchasing this book at Browseabout Books, official bookseller of the History Book Festival. Online sources and digital versions are tempting; however, supporting local brick and mortar shops helps to preserve our vibrant main streets. Drop by Browseabout, order books online, or call the store at 302-226-2665. You also may purchase a copy at biblion in Lewes.

About the Festival
With the help of our presenting sponsors—Delaware Humanities and The Lee Ann Wilkinson Group, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices I PenFed Realty—as well as our community partners and volunteers, the 2022 History Book Festival was full of great discussions with authors of newly published narrative nonfiction and historical fiction.

Special thanks to Lewes Public Library, for venue and assistance with event promotion; to Browseabout Books in Rehoboth, our official bookseller; and to the Cape Gazette and Delmarva Public Media, our media partners.

Mark your calendars for the 2023 History Book Festival. Join our authors, interviewers, and other attendees at live events throughout the weekend of September 29, 30, and October 1.