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A Soldier's Heart
The 3 Wars of Vietnam
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A Soldier’s Heart is a moving and expansive memoir by Vietnam Veteran Ray Gauvin. The story takes us from the French Ghetto of Presque Isle, Maine, and the descendants of the Acadians, to military bases all over the country, and to Vietnam and...
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Long Time Dead
My Investigation into the Unsolved Murder of Ralph Wilson Snair
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How did a conservative, simple-living, retired church custodian come to die from a gunshot wound to the head? Was it murder or suicide? On April 19, 1957, Ralph Wilson Snair was found dead in a rented vehicle at the side of Highway 50, two miles...
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All but One
Saga of the Abducted Putman Children of Gonzales Texas
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ALL BUT ONE is a 19th Century account of the Putman children of Gonzales, Texas, who were kidnapped by Comanche's, and their father’s relentless search to find and bring them home. Spanning four decades—the 1820s to 1860s—this dramatic novel,...
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American Mosaic
The Known Ancestors of Robert Hilton Squires II
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This book covers the history of multiple families whose only overarching connection is that they were all the ancestors of Robert Hilton Squires II, my brother-in-law. But these various genealogical strands intersected with many pivotal eras in...
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Our Roots in Floyd
A History of Farming Families in the Town of Floyd
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The town of Floyd had it's first settlers in the mid 1700's. There were still native Indians and wildlife we no longer see who lived in and near the area. There was no established monetary system as yet, so most trade was done in the form of...
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The Life & Times of Alexander Hamilton
Two Apples that Fell from the Same Tree
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ROBERT GARY DODDS uncovered and wrote about the pivotal role Hamilton ancestors played in world-historical events, many forgotten yet impacting history. Read of the Hamilton Clan’s earliest evidenced ancestor born in the 9th century, his...
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The Morizo Story
The life story of an immigrant from Hiroshima, Japan who came to the United States at the age of 15
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An Incredible Story of Survival and Success for a Young Man Chasing the American Dream This is a fascinating biography of Morizo Fujimoto, a Japanese American Issei (first generation), lovingly written by his eldest son, Dr. Jack Fujimoto. It...
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Democratizing Finance
Origins of the Community Development Financial Institutions Movement
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Decades before Occupy Wall Street challenged the American financial system, activists began organizing alternatives to provide capital to “unbankable” communities and the poor. With roots in the civil rights, anti-poverty, and other progressive...
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The Hero of Mississippi Burning
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1964 was the height of the Civil Rights and Wrongs Movement, and America was in turmoil. I was eight years old and visiting the town of Philadelphia, Mississippi for a family reunion. This story is about something I have remembered from that...
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This Is My Story, This Is My Song
Book One: The First Forty-Four Years
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The first of two volumes to be published, in This is my Story, This is my Song, Leonard S. Buxton recounts the first half of his engaging life and his long career in ministry. He has written a very entertaining personal account of his upbringing...
