Daniel Harmon
Author of more than 70 books, mainly grade-level educational works for the library market. Topics include histories, biographies, international studies, health sciences, government, careers, Bible. Publishers include Rosen Publishing, Wright/McGraw-Hill, Kaplan Education, Chelsea House, Mason Crest, CrossAmerica and Barbour.
Author of two historical mystery short story series: "The Harper Chronicles" and "The Casebook of MacTavish." Both characters are crime reporters for small daily newspapers in South Carolina, circa 1878-1918. The first book-length collection of "The Harper Chronicles" was published in 2001; "The Casebook of MacTavish" stories appear monthly in Boiling Springs Today Magazine. These stories anchor my new e-magazette (.pdf format), The Illustrated Harper & MacTavish Reader.
Author of several thousand national, regional and local magazine, newsletter, newspaper and online articles. Publishers have ranged from The New York Times "Arts & Leisure" section to local newspapers. Winner of the 1989 "Excellence in Communications Technology" award (international) and various national and local press awards.
Editor of The Lawyer's PC, a twice-monthly legal technology newsletter now published by Thomson Reuters/West, since 1983.
Editor and assistant editor of Law Practice Magazine, 1980-2000.
Managing editor/art director of Sandlapper: The Magazine of South Carolina, 1989-2009.
Photo-feature and fiction contributor to Boiling Springs Today Magazine, 2007-present.
Christian, married, with special interests in vintage (classic) fiction, history (especially pertaining to all nautical affairs and South Carolina), mysteries, solo chess and hiking.
Details are at www.danieleltonharmon.com and www.hornpipe.com.
Latest Articles
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The Record-Setting Voyage of the "Flying Cloud"
The challenge: to go from New York to San Francisco in less than three months. Ridiculously easy? Not in 1851, when a New England clipper ship set a record.
Feb 25, 2011
- Daniel Harmon
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The Ironic Demise of the Speedy "Preussen"
The "Preussen" was perhaps the ultimate sailing wonder of the world. Its 59,000 square feet of sails gave it unpredictable speed . . . which killed it.
Feb 24, 2011
- Daniel Harmon
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Sapien-Fish: The "Feejee Mermaid"
As a leading example of grotesque hoaxes throughout history, the 19th-Century "Feejee Mermaid" may warrant special consideration.
Feb 24, 2011
- Daniel Harmon
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"General Tom Thumb" & "The Little Queen of Beauty"
Showman P.T. Barnum made several people of short stature popular in the mid-1800s. Most famous was the small couple, Charles Stratton and Lavinia Warren.
Feb 24, 2011
- Daniel Harmon
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Challenging Death: The Cape Horn Passage
Sailing ships were required to travel between Atlantic and Pacific ports as quickly as possible around one of the world's most treacherous capes.
Feb 22, 2011
- Daniel Harmon
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Leprosy: The Long Road to a Remedy
Doctors in the late 1800s began testing possible cures for the horrid disease of outcasts. In recent years an effective drug combination has been found.
Feb 20, 2011
- Daniel Harmon
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Jean Nicolet: First European to Explore Wisconsin
French interpreter Jean Nicolet is not the best-remembered European adventurer to the New World, but he established important relations with native peoples.
Feb 12, 2011
- Daniel Harmon
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Cowpens National Battlefield, South Carolina
Living history demonstrators flock to this site each January, snow or shine. Why was a major Revolutionary War battle fought here, in the middle of nowhere?
Feb 2, 2011
- Daniel Harmon
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Cowpens, South Carolina
This small, quiet town upholds a patriotic legacy that reaches forward from a ragtag Revolutionary War army to modern-day naval technology.
Feb 1, 2011
- Daniel Harmon
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Dartmoor Prison: Five Famous Inmates
Dangerous, dastardly, devious, Dartmoor. Each descriptive of criminals has been linked to the English prison where they served time at its hardest.
Jan 31, 2011
- Daniel Harmon
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