About the Author

Garrett Peck is a literary journalist, local historian and author of four books, including The Potomac River: A History and Guide and Prohibition in Washington, D.C.: How Dry We Weren't. He leads the Temperance Tour of Prohibition-related sites in Washington. Peck is a VMI graduate. Richard Stamm is the Smithsonian Castle Collection Curator. He is the author of The Castle, An Illustrated History of the Smithsonian Building (Smithsonian Books, 1993).