More than 230 people perished in gunpowder explosions at the DuPont black powder mills on the Brandywine Creek in Wilmington, Delaware, during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Their tragic stories, the explosions themselves and what happened to their survivors, are told in searing detail.
Author Richard D. Templeton, who wrote Across the Creek: Black Powder Explosions on the Brandywine, is featured on an hour-long interview with Tyler Alderson on The Ask Historians Podcast. Templeton talks about the writing of the book, where the title came from, and gives background on the history of the du Pont powder mills in Delaware in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Author Richard D. Templeton will discuss his book, Across the Creek: Black Powder Explosions on the Brandywine, with Linda Thompson on www.theauthorsshow.com on Monday, Dec. 7. The interview will be aired on The Author's Show website all day. Simply click on the book title on the website to listen to Templeton discussing the origin of the book's title and answering Linda's terrific, informed questions about the book, which tells of the lives of the people who perished in the black powder explosions at the du Pont powder works in northern Delaware during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
