Join Noted International Author Kathleen Shelby Boyett on a journey to discover the roots of a very American family. The result of twelve years of research and writing, these volumes are a lively romp through history, highlighting both the good and the not-so-good discovered about the family surnames that make up this truly American family. The author, through careful observation and analysis, debunks misconceptions found in previous research by others and exposes the fallacies circulating on the internet. She has also been able to confirm unsubstantiated stories with documentation or by the...

Join Noted International Author Kathleen Shelby Boyett on a journey to discover the roots of a very American family. The result of twelve years of research and writing, these volumes are a lively romp through history, highlighting both the good and the not-so-good discovered about the family surnames that make up this truly American family. The author, through careful observation and analysis, debunks misconceptions found in previous research by others and exposes the fallacies circulating on the internet. She has also been able to confirm unsubstantiated stories with documentation or by the...

Join Noted International Author Kathleen Shelby Boyett on a journey to discover the roots of a very American family. The result of twelve years of research and writing, these volumes are a lively romp through history, highlighting both the good and the not-so-good discovered about the family surnames that make up this truly American family. The author, through careful observation and analysis, debunks misconceptions found in previous research by others and exposes the fallacies circulating on the internet. She has also been able to confirm unsubstantiated stories with documentation or by the...

John Markham operated a mercantile business in Alexandria, Virginia from the 1680s through the early part of the eighteenth century. To fill his coffers, he traded back and forth with his native England for goods that the Colonies needed and vice-versa. He was said to be a daring, greedy rascal who did not mind hurting others to get what he wanted. Handsome and dashing, he was also popular with the ladies of the period. Then one day in March of 1683, he turned a corner in his privateering career, a turn that led him into outright piracy. Yet, there are those who say John Markham never...

The author's own pioneering ancestors grace the pages of this book. Sometimes funny, sometimes poignant, these pioneering women come alive through their stories. These accounts shed insight on the hardships and difficulties that women faced in the American Colonial, Revolutionary War, Civil War, and early twentieth century periods. The author's more ancient ancestors faced vastly different challenges on different shores. Their courage, their fortitude, their endurance, their determination, their strength, and their loving hearts are all qualities that the twenty-first century reader can...

Patriots, Hessians, Refugees and Spies - These are the stories of the author's own ancestors in the American Revolutionary War. They came from different backgrounds and they took different parts in the conflict. Join Samuel Meals as he patrols hostile waters with the Virginia Navy, chasing and eluding British ships. Spend time in a British POW camp in New York and a Whig jail in Virginia. Face danger and intrigue as a Patriot spy. Charge up Kings Mountain and then attend a "lynching." Walk the refugee trail, leaving your home behind forever. Desert in the Colonies as a hated Hessian soldier....

"Shame on you for writing such an interesting book. I started reading at 8:50 and didn't stop 'til I finished. It's well written, well documented, well everything " Bill Norberg, World War II veteran /// "The real story of a man's overseas duty during World War II, and his life in general, both before and after the war. Poignant and bittersweet, Ms. Boyett weaves a touching tale that only a daughter can, finding out in retrospect how those experiences on Iwo Jima shaped her father's heart and influenced her life. A touching testimony to the veterans of that terrible war, "Iwo Jima Changed...

"We didn't really consider the dangers - not really. I was just doing my part." /// John H. Moore was a Naval Aviator in World War Two. He flew the "Bent Wing Bird" - the Corsair - the aircraft he dreamed of flying. Join noted International Author and Personal Historian Kathleen Shelby Boyett as she journeys with John through his youth in the 1920's and 30's; his pilot training; his thrilling time of military service in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, including his ocean crash; and through his continued commitment to our country in his Naval Reserve service. Come fly with a young man who flew...