My Kingdom for a Horse…

As most know, I am diligently working on my three-volume series of books titled West Point at Gettysburg.

This series tells about the lives of every single West Point graduate, both Union and Confederate, who fought at the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863.

I have toured the Gettysburg battlefield many times and have conducted research with the National Park Service staff using the vast resources at the battlefield park. When I visit the battlefield, I feel at home because I am visiting a place that has become very very familiar to me.

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The Greatest New York Yankees By Uniform Number

The history of the Yankees in a way no one has ever told it before – by the numbers they wore on their backs.

The Greatest Yankees By Uniform Number is a completely original look at the history of the New York Yankees, not by decades or championships, but through the uniform numbers worn by the players.

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Paul Semendinger as a Contributing Author (Baseball Publications)

I have worked as a contributing author for the following baseball publications with SABR and the IBWAA:

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A Story of a Toy Car

About a week ago, we drove out to see our two-year-old grandchildren, Maddy and James.  We don’t always bring them gifts, but this time we did. 

We didn’t bring anything spectacular.  Maddy was given a little toy Minnie Mouse.  And we gave James a Hot Wheels car.

For the days that we visited, Maddy and James kept their new toys close by returning to them often and showing them to us. 

One might think that two-year-olds can’t show appreciation, but they did.  Absolutely.

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“My Front Row Seat” by Tim Scheld with Paul Semendinger

From Sunbury Books:

“Drawing on more than fifty years in broadcast news, award-winning journalist Tim Scheld takes readers behind the headlines to reveal how history is witnessed, reported, and remembered by the journalists entrusted with telling the world what happened.

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