McAlister, Robert

Robert McAlister is a retired construction engineer and manager. He and his wife, Mary, have lived in or near Georgetown, South Carolina, for much of the past sixty years. They are participants in the activities of the South Carolina Maritime Museum in Georgetown. McAlister has written The Lumber Boom of Coastal South Carolina, The Life and Times of Georgetown Sea Captain Abram Jones Slocum, 1861-1914 and Wooden Ships on Winyah Bay, all published by The History Press.