Jerry Roberts
Jerry Roberts is the battlefield historian for a National Parks Service grant project charged with researching the British raid on Essex shipping in 1814. From 2006 to 2013, he was executive director of the Connecticut River Museum. He has authored the Amazing Book of Paper Boats and British Raid on Essex. He was also a contributing author for The Rockets' Red Glare, the War of 1812 in Connecticut. He is produced several documentaries including Intrepid Wings and he co-wrote and produced Hooligan Navy as part of the A&E Sea Stories series. He was an on-screen narrator of these and several other documentaries and television programs. He lives in Essex, Connecticut.