This book is a search for the origins of the Boonville Road and to learn why the name changed to Bolivar Road. Boonville Road was named as early as 1833 and was used as a trade route connecting mid-Missouri to the Southwest. Early settlers traveled the road as they explored and settled the wilderness of central Missouri. Because the road bed was established, John Butterfield used the road for the Butterfield Overland Mail. The book traces the Butterfield Overland Mail Route as it traveled through northern Greene County, Missouri. The Boonville Road crossed sections where the earliest settlers...

This book is a memoir about 54 days spent on a container ship traveling from Long Beach, California to New Zealand and Australia. It describes daily life on the ship and gives insights into the life of a seaman. The reader will learn about lifeboat drills, pirates, and the dangers for crews from underdeveloped countries who are forced to sail on flags of convenience ships. Color photographs capture ship scenes and local sights in the ports of Taranga, New Zealand and Sydney and Melbourne, Australia. The book is dedicated to those crew members who spend their lives at sea so that consumers can...