John McKay

I am a military historian and high school history & government teacher in Georgia. My fifth book is coming out in November 2012, "Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Georgia History," published by The Lyons Press. It is a somewhat serious, but still highly opinionated, look at some of the most nefarious and notorious characters in pre-WWII Georgia, including pirates, criminals, pyromaniacs, politicians, guerilla fighters, mass murderers, and criminal incompetents of several types.

In a former life, I served in the U.S. Army and Georgia Army National Guard; was an EMT/Paramedic and later a firefighter and firefighting instructor with several different departments in and around Atlanta; worked as a sport scuba divemaster, a docent and historian for a small state museum, and a stringer for several small town newspapers, all while trying to decide what I wanted to be when I grew up. I have taught since 1997, and attend New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, pursuing a call to building my own chaplaincy ministry.

For more information on my work, plus other aspects of history and ministry, including many MP3 files of class lectures and sermons, go to my web page, The History Addict: http://historyaddict.com