Stephen Puleo is an author, historian, university teacher, public speaker, and communications professional. He is the author of seven nonfiction works. His eighth book, "THE GREAT ABOLITIONIST: Charles Sumner and the Fight for a More Perfect Union," will be published in April 2024 by St. Martin's Press. His other seven narrative nonfiction titles include: • Voyage of Mercy: The USS Jamestown, the Irish Famine, and the Remarkable Story of America's First Humanitarian Mission (March 2020) — American Treasures: The Secret Efforts to Save the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Gettysburg Address (fall 2016) — The Caning: The Assault That Drove America to Civil War (2012) • A City So Grand: The Rise of an American Metropolis, Boston 1850-1900 (2010) • The Boston Italians: A Story of Pride, Perseverance and Paesani, from the Years of the Great Immigration to the Present Day (2007) • Due to Enemy Action: The True World War II Story of the USS Eagle 56 (2005) • Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 (2003) All of his books have been Boston regional bestsellers. In addition, Steve’s books have been reviewed favorably by the New Yorker, the Boston Globe, the Wall St. Journal, The National Review, Forbes.com, Parade magazine, the Associated Press, the Portland Press Herald, the Providence Journal, the Denver Post, the San Francisco Bay Guardian, the Hartford Courant, Kirkus Reviews, Barnes and Noble Review.com, the Fredericksburg Star, ForeWord magazine, Shelf Awareness, Library Journal, Booklist, and Publishers Weekly. An experienced, dynamic, and in-demand speaker and presenter, he has made more than 650 public appearances, before thousands of readers, since the publication of his first book in 2003. Events have included bookstore signings, keynote addresses, presentations at libraries, historical societies, community events, seminars, panel discussions, industry events, professional associations, book clubs (more than 50 have chosen his books), newspaper and magazine interviews, radio and television appearances, and appearances at universities, and public and private K-12 schools. His books have been woven into the curricula of numerous high schools and colleges. More than 30 communities have selected his books as “community-wide reads.” Steve also conducts book-club tours of Boston’s North End, one of the nation’s most colorful and historic neighborhoods. Among his showcase appearances have been serving as keynote speaker at the Northeast Regional Association of the Social Studies (more than 600 history teachers); as a guest speaker for the 150th Anniversary Celebration of the Massachusetts Superior Court; as a panel participant with Italian-American and Jewish-American scholars entitled Italy and the Holocaust: The Calabria Connection, presented at UMass-Boston; and as a speaker at the National Archives on his latest book, "American Treasures." A former award-winning newspaper reporter and contributor of feature stories and book reviews to publications that include American History magazine, Politico, and the Boston Globe, He has taught history at Suffolk University in Boston and the University of Massachusetts-Boston, and also has develped and taught numerous history and writing workshops for high school and college students, as well as for adults who aspire to be writers. Puleo holds a master’s degree in history (From Italy to Boston’s North End: Italian Immigration and Settlement, 1890-1910, UMass-Boston, 1994), for which he received the Dean’s Award for Academic Achievement, and was the Graduate Convocation keynote speaker. He teaches at Suffolk University in Boston. In addition to his strong journalism and historical writing background, Steve has 30 years of experience in public relations, corporate communications, speechwriting, speech coaching, and marketing. He has won numerous corporate communications awards and has been both a keynote