AUTHOR'S BIOGRAPHY W. Wes Oleszewski Author and Research Historian Author W. Wes Oleszewski was born and raised in mid-Michigan and spent most of his life with an eye turned toward the space, flight and spaceflight. Since 1990 authored 17 books on the subject of Great Lakes maritime history and lighthouses. Now he has turned his attention toward spaceflight. Noted for his meticulous research, Oleszewski has a knack for weeding out the greatest of details from the most obscure events and then weaving those facts into the historical narratives which are his stories. His tales of actual events ar...