Charles Axel Poekel Jr. is a graduate of the George Washington University and Washington College of Law of American University. He is a former member of the New Jersey State Historical Commission and is Chairman of the Elisha Kent Kane Historical Society of New York City. He is a member of the National Maritime Historical Society and the Association of Yachting Historians His other books are West Essex and Babe & The Kid: The Legendary Story of Babe Ruth and Johnny Sylvester. Together with his wife Lynn and flame point Himalayn Mr. Whiskers he spends his time between New York City, Marion, Massachusetts, and Palm Beach, Florida. He is the great-grandson of Thorvald Schogaard Julius Poekel
