Author Dan Shortridge to sign ‘Joe Biden's Delaware’ Dec. 8
Local writer Dan Shortridge will sign his new book, "Joe Biden's Delaware," from 1 to 3 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 8, at Browseabout Books in Rehoboth Beach.
In 1972, a young Delaware attorney made an audacious bet, challenging the state's most formidable politician in a race for the U.S. Senate. Joe Biden won that election at age 29, but weeks later, his wife and daughter died in a car crash that also injured his two sons.
Shortridge’s book tells the story of Delaware's preeminent political leader, his family and their journey over the decades since. From the Charcoal Pit to the Hotel DuPont, St. Joseph's on the Brandywine to the Wilmington train station, the tales reveal Biden's deep roots in Delaware and how they helped carry him to the White House. The author examines Biden family lore and traces the history of the institutions that shaped their lives and the First State.
