b'ABOUT THE AUTHOR.The Story of Friends of Chatham Waterwaysis the tenth commissioned history written by FCW director Rob Carlisle.Hes been living in Chatham since 1989. Before then, he worked as a newspaper man, Newsweek bureau chief, news writer for all three TV networks (pre-Fox and CNN), associate producer on NBCs Wide Wide World, and as a founding staff-member of Corp. for Public Broadcasting, parent of PBS and NPR.A native of New Jersey, Rob has degrees from Princeton and Montclair State University. He served as a lieutenant in WWII and the Korean War.His wife, Joan, and he have four grown sons and five grandchildren.Other books by Rob Carlisle on Chatham and the Lower Cape:In the Land o f the Lotus-eaters, 1993 Eye o f the Glider: Shadow On Cape Cod, 1996 Behind a Cape Cod Fish Pier (with Gordon Zellner), 1996 House o f Memories, for a reunion book on Chathams Main Street School, 1998 Weathering a Century o f Change: Chatham, Cape CodThe Story o f a Seaside Village, 2000 Chathams Admiral: Charles H. Rockwell, 18401908, 2002223'