Low on the Family Tree

About the Book

Low on the Family Tree chronicles the author’s family on the Island of Chappaquiddick with only the barest necessities for vacation living. The main character is the author’s mother who spent many summers with the family. She was a true character in every sense of the word and provided the family with many humorous anecdotes; this book recounts some of those anecdotes.

About the Author

Walter W. Williamson is a retired professor from Towson State University in Maryland. He spent 1938-1939 in Germany on an exchange fellowship from Lafayette College. While in Germany, he saw Hitler in Berlin and witnessed the opening of Reich Chancellery where Hitler later died. While in Germany, he bicycled approximately 1600 miles through Germany, Austria, Czechoslavia and Holland. After his experiences in Europe, he returned to the United States to spend the next 28 years as a teacher at Temple University, Kutztown University, a visiting professor at the University of Hawaii and a professor at Towson State. He did additional work for Education Testing Service in Princeton, N.J. Dr. Williamson has been retired since 1974 and resides in Longboat Key, Florida and Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.