Philadelphia and the Civil War: Arsenal of the Union (PA) (The History Press)
Professor Waskie was born in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, and pursued a languages/history major at Bloomsburg University. He studied abroad in Salzburg, Austria, pursued graduate study in Germany and received a scholarship to study Slavic at Charles University, Prague. He received MA and PhD degrees from New York University. He performed duty with the Army Reserves as a language specialist. He became a teacher of languages and history at Pennsbury School District in Bucks County. Waskie is a professor of languages at Temple University. He is a cofounder of the Civil War and Emancipation Studies department at Temple.As a Civil War historian, author and researcher specializing in Philadelphia and a historian of the life and career of General George G. Meade, Waskie seeks to promote the history of the city. He is a member of the Union League of Philadelphia. Waskie serves as president of the General Meade Society of Philadelphia and as a board member of a number of history-related institutions.