Bucks County Adventures
From William Penn and George Washington to Neil Armstrong

Bucks County—renowned for its beautiful scenery as well as its intriguing history – also has been home to an extraordinary number of artists, musicians and authors. Carl LaVO, award-winning journalist and author, takes the reader on a journey through some of the most interesting, scenic and historic spots in the county.

From the famous, such as William Penn, to the interesting, obscure and just plain odd, you’ll learn about “Crazy Tom” and his castle, the Bucks County connection to the moon landing, and a mysterious haunted mountain.

Bucks County Adventures and its beautiful photography is the book for you as a guide to the county, its historic sites and famous people.

Carl LaVO, a native of California, is retired editor of the Bucks County Courier Times newspaper where he continues to write a weekly local history column. He has lived in Bucks for more than 40 years. He and wife Mary Anne have written many stories about the county for regional and national magazines. Together with daughter Genevieve and her family, they’ve shared many adventures getting to know the unique places and rich history of Bucks County dating back to the Lenni Lenape Indians and William Penn.

Carl is a graduate of the University of Florida in Gainesville with a bachelor of science degree and post-graduate courses at Penn State University. He’s an experienced scuba diver and early in his career led pioneering explorations of Florida’s water-filled caverns and springs to depths of 200 feet.

He’s the author of four books on submarine history published by the Naval Institute Press in Annapolis: Back from the Deep, Slade Cutter, The Galloping Ghost and Pushing the Limits. His television appearances include The History Channel’s series Silent Service and Man, Moment and Machine. His work on a variety of subjects has appeared in Philadelphia magazine, National Wildlife, Sierra, Down East, Pennsylvania and many other periodicals.

In 2007, Carl addressed STRATCOM, the strategic command of the nation’s nuclear arsenal based at Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha, Neb. He was a guest of Air Force Gen. Kevin P. Chilton, head of STRATCOM and a decorated space shuttle pilot. Carl also led a two-day symposium on undersea warfare at the National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg, Texas in 2009.