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Everett Applegate born August 27, 1947 in the town of Chatsworth, situated in the southern half of New Jersey in an economically deprived area known as "The Pine Barrens." His parents divorced when he was only seven and was subsequently raised in the home of his paternal grandmother. Everett's entrepreneurial career began early at the age of nine in the blueberry fields, and then progressed into catching and trapping animals for zoos. He advanced in his early teens to become a concessionaire on the boardwalk in Seaside Heights, N.J, and spent his winters doing construction and running a tree trimming business. From this Seaside base he expanded into various other enterprises, as owner and operator of a surf shop, a waterbed store, and manufacturing and selling jewelry. This latter business took him regularly to the Far East and around the world.
His current business interests are pizza restaurants and commercial real estate on the same boardwalk in Seaside Heights. In attempting to satisfy his insatiable curiosity, Everett has spent the bulk of his fifty odd years traveling the United States and the rest of the world partaking in an almost uninterrupted series of adventures. Among his numerous recreational activities, flying was his early passion, and has in varying degrees indulged in light airplanes, ultra lights, hangliders, sailplanes, paragliders, sky diving, and most recently, helicopters. He has, in addition, enjoyed traveling the world windsurfing, mountain climbing, hiking, biking, canoeing, kayaking, bunji jumping, and scuba diving as he crossed the United States, Mexico, and Canada many times. While writing this book, Everett traveled solo thirty thousand miles via motorcycle pecking away on his lap top from various motels throughout North and South America.
A recent death in the family led Everett into a bit of introspection and he decided to inscribe episodes and vignettes of his early years. This led to his second book a memoir. Everett currently spends his time with his wife and companion Paula since the late seventies, traveling and writing about their adventures. Never far from water, his days are divided between Miami, Florida; Seaside Park, New Jersey; Baja California Sur.Click here to purchase the book The Crow Flies.
