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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 ...

These entries on the Caring Bridge website were started when John was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. It helped to keep all of his many friends updated with his treatment. John never read the blog because he said he was living it! Glenna Mae Van Atta Anderson

These are the letters of Claude Robbins and Elaine Stevens over four months when Claude was serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the northeastern U.S. and Elaine was finishing high school in southern Utah.

This volume has three sections; the first is an autobiographical account of Anna Beardsley Ashmun's life from her birth in 1883 to her marriage to Otis L. Linn in 1907. Sections II and III follow the genealogy of Anna's Ashmun and Beardsley roots from the arrival of both families in New England in the 1600s. The primary audience for the book is the descendants of Anna Ashmun and Otis L. Linn. The appendix for this book is published in a separate volume and is available at TheBookPatch bookstore.

Contents: Thomas Sirls Terry, Sr Mary Ann Pulsipher Terry Mary Ann Terry Huntsman Adelia Terry Mackelprang Celestia Terry Hunt Alydia Terry Winsor Wilhelmina Terry Laub Almira Terry Harmon Lenora Terry Tullis Thomas Sirls Terry, Jr Susan Terry Lund Elizabeth Terry Woods Luther Murkins Terry Joseph Alma Terry Eliza Jane Pulsipher Terry Zera Pulsipher Terry Thomas Nelson Terry Eliza Jane Terry Wadsworth Aluna Terry Hunt Sarah Terry Wadsworth Josephine Terry Wadsworth Franklin Durmath Terry Eva Terry Lee Hannah Louisa Leavitt Terry Maud Terry Patten Mary Terry Bunker David Dudley Terry Jedediah Murkins Terry Edward Sirls Terry Exie Terry Blake New Materials: ...

I Called Him Daddy! By Stacey Nails Many children have dealt with parental molestation. They are left to deal with the sadness and confusion of being forced to live in a very dark confused place. Most of us endure being broken our entire lifetime. Here for the first time in my life, I share some very dark moments in detail, that I’ve never had the chance to speak about because no one asked. It’s not fair but it’s real. I ask that you take the time and ask your child(ren) questions. If you don’t, you won’t know until it’s too late.

Adventure, laughter, tears, memories and truth. What happens in our lives shapes us and sometimes allows us help others along the way. Join the life journey that changed one man forever. His battle to overcome sexual child abuse and then in his adult years a new battle -- a traumatic brain injury caused by an undetected eruption of a brain aneurysm. See how laughter, love and determination brought about hope, recovery and the will to live so that he could help others.

The life & times of Elizabeth Dion Toothaker As told to daughter-in-law Karen Richards Toothaker in 2020 With messages from her children Nancy, Coe, Jeff, Shirleen, & Lori

Longtime New England singer/songwriter Matt York writes about the country supergroup The Highwaymen and it's members Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson and Waylon Jennings. He talks about their careers individually, how they joined forces in the 1980's and their impact on country music. He also delves into what the future of country music might look like.

My grandfather, Rev. Otis L. Linn, served with the Y.M.C.A. from October 1918 until July 1919 supporting the troops of the American Expeditionary Force (A.E.F.) in France. The "Y" functioned much like the USO in later years. This volume contains scanned letters and transcriptions of letters he wrote to his family. The collection is important to his descendants and to any others interested in original source materials from that time and place. Otis witnessed the 1918 influenza pandemic while in training, the end of the war in New York City while awaiting embarkation to England, and the presence of Woodrow Wilson in France to support the creation of the League of Nations. He worked with Bl ...