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The amazing life and legends of the First Black American Military Aviator. He left home, alone, at the age of 8 on a journey to France for Equality. The book, uniquely written as conversations with Eugene Jacques Bulllard. The author never met his hero. The book goes back to the summer before Bullard's death in 1961...and from there Bullard takes you back into his reality and his incredible adventures that include his trip to Norflok where he stowed away on a German ship . Aboard he learned some of the language and was put ashore in Scotland at the age of 12. He had various jobs, became a boxer, a dancer and finally made it to France at the age of 18 and joined the French Foreign Legion ...

Eberhard "Ebbie" Bulach left war-torn Germany in 1951 at the age of 17 years to start a new life in the United States. He lived with his uncle and aunt in St. Paul, Minnesota. Relatives and new friends helped Ebbie assimilate into the American culture. Ebbie worked in the concrete construction business and as a machinist until striking out on his own as an entrepreneur. Eberhard and his wife, Erné, built a successful construction business during his career and they generously sponsor and promote activities that unite German and American cultures and friendships. A portion of the sales of this book is donated to the Wounded Warrior Project.

This memoir, written with and edited by Jacqueline Grace Hayward, is a bounty of stories told, in seven distinct sections, about the author’s life, from her birth in 1944 into a family with a raging father and troubled brothers, her lonely childhood, her search for freedom and friendship, the pain of dysfunctional love affairs, and the challenges and joys of her relationship with her husband. Along the way, she discovers her gift for writing and music. Two sections are devoted to the author’s travels: the diary entries that record her year living in Hawaii facing loneliness while attempting to succeed as a professional writer, and stories that share some of her favorite experiences from ...

Ancestry research is truly fascinating, especially when it tells a story that society does not fully know. Already aware of my multicultural and mixed heritage, it wasn't until my father gave me his family bible that I was able to discover an entire genealogical history, beyond just one surname and family lore. After combining research from experts and documents, along with detailed DNA results, I was able to successfully create an astounding yet accurately historical family tree for my son, from roots to leaves, filled with an exciting story of genealogy. I hope you will enjoy reading about my deeply involved family history, traveling through my exciting journey back with them in time, ...

On October 14, 1944, Joe Ostrander, 1st Lt. United States Army Air Corp, dropped his eggs in the early morning breakfast line at his Air Force base in southern Italy. He thought, "oh well, I'll just get some more tomorrow". His next eggs would be seven months away, as that morning his B-24 Liberator was shot down while bombing oil refineries over Ploesti, Romania. Join Joe as he takes us on his harrowing journey behind enemy lines. It's the stuff Hollywood movies are made of - except it's all TRUE.

Bohemian Skipper is a collection of stories that I have compiled after having spent more than three quarters of a century on three of our country's most famous rivers, the James and Appomattox in Virginia and the Niagara River that straddles New York an Ontario, Canada. This book is unique in two ways. first, each story stands alone, yet all 28 chapters will come together to tell a much larger and richer story. And secondly, as a child from age four years I would ride the tugboats that my dad skippered and learn many trades and crafts from old world shipwrights and fender makers. And in later years I would learn that my playground had been the town of Henricus, America's second English ...