ABOUT THE AUTHOR
David M.Quinn was born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee in 1945 and grew up in the Washington, D.C. area. He studied political science at Wheeling Jesuit University (B.A.) and Fordham University (M.A.). After thirty years in the telecommunications industry, David made the decision to leave the corporate world in 1999.
Following his passion for genealogy led him to uncover remarkable stories within his family history. First was that of his great, great uncle Michael Quinn, as told in the historical novel, It May Be Forever - An Irish Rebel on the American Frontier. Now, drawing upon his maternal ancestry, David gives us the remarkable story of Captain George W. Dow, who is the narrator of the true story, Leviathan's Master - The Wreck of The World's Largest Sailing Ship.
David and his wife, Betsy, live in Prescott, Arizona and have three grown children and four grandchildren.