Born into a large family in the Appalachian Mountains, Susie Que eventually moved to the big city. Her life turned around in varied directions with many ups and downs, not following a normal path as she developed two major illnesses, ones her siblings did not have. This story tells how one person survived through the years with the decisions she made showing the good and the bad while she suffers with being bipolar and an alcoholic. This is a true, short story with her name changed for privacy reasons. Sometimes a life can be stranger than fiction.

If you are overwhelmed with all of your paper and digital treasures, they being more like clutter and lots of confusion, this book IS for you. This is an easy read with easily understandable visuals to get you organized with all of your notes, papers, documents, family stories, photographs and other items that you have and as always happens, are still searching for. It also advises on what to do after you are organized with some tips. Between old documents, papers, notes and photographs that you have, you may have found that a lot of information for your early family members can be found on...

The year of 1861 was full of incidents that few people today are aware of. With original 1861 artwork on the book cover, this book brings forward what the public knew then, but does not know now. The cause of the American Civil War was not only over slavery as in the mix were state rights, tariffs, taxes and trade. This book concentrates on the war and the slaves. Shown within these pages is exactly as it was for both the north, the south and for those enslaved shown in the words of 1861. The Civil War officially began on April 12th in 1861 but did you know the first prisoner was taken three...

This book should also have 'and ODDITIES' with the title as these pages hold a variety of interesting reading concerning the unusual and things not known. You will be stepping back in time as you read these pages. Be prepared to raise an eyebrow and to shake your head as you read things like 'The Arabs in Egypt open the mummies, take out the inward parts, and obtain from them excellent salt' as reported in the early 1800s. We all have our varied experiences in life but some can be very different and unusual. Often some cannot be explained or they are experiences that cannot be duplicated in...

The horrid circumstances of the Mayflower pilgrims are shown in TIME LINE fashion making it easy to understand what they endured. This is not a biography for each passenger but people are noted if an event pertained directly to a person. You will find web links to follow to excellent sites that go into great detail concerning varied items. This book could be considered a guide as events unfold and summaries are shown, some in great detail. The facts and the myths are brought out to the front while the commonly unknown is shown. This is an easy read of the factual, historic, true adventures...

Reported as true, this is a collection of reports shown as originally written about ghosts, hauntings and other unexplained phenomena from 1858 to 1922. Drift back to the time frame as you read things like "Mary, a sister of Jane, declares she has frequently seen a hand protrude from closet doors, has heard queer noises at night and has even observed the ghost's flight from a closet through the room," "Then she faded out just as I have seen pictures on a screen fade away" and ""My children began to see the ghosts soon after we moved into our flat," "Half the police force is engaged in...

In the year of 1845 a free black man was brutally murdered in Indianapolis. Follow this true story to the outcome and see if you agree with the results. Older maps have been added to help with locations.

The photographs on these pages are from a private photograph collection taken during the Vietnam War by a combat medic in Vietnam. He spent much of his time with the 25th ID between August 5, 1967 and July 28, 1968, the time period of these photographs. At that time he was assigned to the 1/27th Wolfhounds, 25th Infantry Division. This is the Black & White photograph version. Many young men, the baby boomers, were involved in the Vietnam War in the days of the United States military draft. Those who were there well remember the war and the loss of friends. There was anger by the general...

When there is an interest in history or when a person is researching for early family, it is always best to go to the earliest sources to avoid alterations to the original content. Sometimes one can be lucky to find a family member mentioned in early publications and often they can find circumstances that fit to the life of the early family member. This is true history written in 1833 with nothing fabricated or altered. Mixed into the original is some early Ohio and Kentucky history, including a few episodes that Daniel Boone had. The events concerning the Native American Indian go throughout...

Long ago when the United States was in formation and the white man was moving across the lands, there were times when the Native American Indians would abduct people. When they would take children, it is said in various old documents and writings that the children were at times, taken into the tribe and raised as a Native American Indian. This heartwarming story is based on a true story with some fabrication of details that were omitted in the original historic words. The basic event is true and it does tie to history of the time frame, however, this book should be considered fiction. This is...