Enjoy my website.  Feel free to browse.  And visit again.

In 2013, we sold more than 1200 books, published by  the History Press.  Now we've finished our next book, Martha's Vineyard in World War II, due May 6, 2014!  We'll hold a book signing at Woodland Variety and Grill in Vineyard Haven.  Free coffee and good conversation. 

Great program on MVTV on November 5, 2013.  Look up MVTV.org, on demand, Martha's Vineyard in World War II, under TankTalk.  Also spoke with a high school class and took a field trip to Peaked Hill for artifacts from the war.  This project grew by leaps and bounds each day! 

The  title of the new book is Martha's Vineyard in World War II. 

And my book, African Americans of Martha's Vineyard, was listed by the History Press as of special interest in Black History Month.  Check it out!  My book Women of Martha's Vineyard was mentioned prominently on Mindy Todd's The Point, on WCAI, on February 26, 2014.

We signed a contract with the History Press to write about  Music on Martha's Vineyard, with Jerry Muskin.  That's our next project, with a deadline of early summer.  Should be fun.  

Picture
Tom Dresser, Herb Foster and Jay Schofield in the field, researching World War II on Martha's Vineyard. Photo by Bud Mayhew.
Upcoming events for 2014: 


May 6 - Release of Martha's Vineyard in World War II.  Book signing at Woodland Variety.
May 19 - Barnstable, Tales of Cape Cod; I will speak about Disaster Off Martha's Vineyard.
June 11 - Chilmark Public Library, 5 pm; topic is : Martha's Vineyard in World War II
July 17 - Aquinnah Public Library, 5 pm; topic is : Martha's Vineyard in World War II
July 25 - Anchors in Edgartown, at noon: speaking about Martha's Vineyard in World War II.

Books are available at:
Alley's General Store - West Tisbury
Bunch of Grapes - Vineyard Haven 
Camp Meeting Museum - Wesleyan Grove, Oak Bluffs
Chilmark General Store - Chilmark
C'est La Vie - Oak Bluffs
Edgartown Books - Edgartown 
Martha's Vineyard Hospital Gift Shop - Oak Bluffs
Martha's Vineyard Museum - Edgartown
Polly Hill Arboretum - West Tisbury
Secret Garden - Oak Bluffs
 
                                                                (Kindle edition available on Amazon.com)
                                                                Find us on Facebook : thomasdresserwrites

    Contact me at thomasdresser@gmail.com.  
    To order a book, use the Paypal button on the specific book screen, or make your request on this order form.
    All books are $20 unless otherwise noted.  
    Postage and handling is $2.50.    
    {Dogtown and Tommy's Tour booklets only $10!}
    Mailing address is:
    Tom Dresser
    PO Box 749
    Oak Bluffs, MA 02557

Picture
  Tom Dresser, enjoying his mid-life chassis.

Book Launch for Women of Martha's Vineyard was April 28, 2013.  Nearly a dozen people shared good food and delightful conversation.  The book is now off and running! 
We enjoyed a great turn-out at the Vineyard Haven Library.  Many people offered memorable comments.  
Pre-Mother's Day book signings, in Edgartown and Vineyard Haven, went  well.  We continue to talk up the book. 
We hit the Tisbury Senior Center on May 28, followed by a good turnout of twenty people in Oak Bluffs on June 4.  Engaging conversation.  High interest! And thirty-one people filled the Chilmark Library for my chat on June 12.  More events continued through the summer months.  



You may want to check out this fine interview by Connie Berry in the Vineyard Gazette on Friday, May 24! http://www.mvgazette.com/news/2013/05/22/praise-vineyard-women


Picture
Tom Dresser, hawking his wares, at the Tisbury Street Fair, July 8, 2013. Photo by Shelley Moore Christiansen.