Andrew is experienced researching topics, synthesizing information, and composing an argument or narrative in clear prose. He is an ideal candidate for writing a personal, family, or business history, or any informative text for a brochure or web site.
Andrew views the world as a historian. He asks, What are the roots of this situation? How has it changed or stayed the same? His interests include:
Economics and politics;
Religion and ideas;
Food and cooking;
Literature and music;
Teaching, learning, and cognitive science.
Liberal arts degree
Accredited to teach grades K-8, language arts, math, science, social studies
Andrew has written two nonfiction trade books for middle-grade readers. One is an 18,000-word narrative history of the 1928 Bunion Derby, a 3,400-mile, 84-day ultra-marathon from Los Angeles to New York. The other is a 15,000-word biography of Eddie Rickenbacker, early racecar driver, WWI flying ace, and founding president/chairman of Eastern Air Lines.
Andrew has kept a blog since January 2017. He has posted an average of twice a month, about 1,500 words per post. He writes most often about what he has been reading. A number of the posts served as pre-writing for his book, yet only in an indirect sense. Most of the information/ideas would never make it in the book, but they did help him deepen his understanding of Rickenbacker, the man. The vast majority are analyses or syntheses of nonfiction and fiction books he has read. A few are just musings on events in his life.
Andrew profiled a dozen runners and three supporting characters in a book he wrote in 2017. He also wrote a 15,000-word biography about Eddie Rickenbacker.
He has written biographical profiles of more than two dozen other historical figures in unpublished manuscripts.
Andrew has published two nonfiction books for middle-grade readers. One is an 18,000-word narrative history of the 1928 Bunion Derby, a 3,400-mile, 84-day ultra-marathon from Los Angeles to New York. Another is a 15,000-word biography of Eddie Rickenbacker, early racecar driver, WWI flying ace, and founding president/chairman of Eastern Air Lines.
Andrew published a 2,800-word article for a World War I publication. His cover article explored the facts behind the tabloid-style rumors that hounded Rickenbacker from his earliest days on the automobile race circuit (and even earlier) to his ultimate marriage to Adelaide Frost Durant. Rickenbacker's reticence left fertile ground for the rumors to flourish. His biographers, while not ignoring the rumors, did not entirely lay them to rest, either. In this article, he examined all the relevant sources, connected all the available dots, and showed that, while the specifics of the rumors weren't true, Eddie Rickenbacker was, in fact, pursuing a dalliance with an American singer who was touring the Front as a YMCA canteen entertainer. The article humanizes an otherwise single-mindedly goal-oriented man.