Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives: The American Story is the first book in "The American Story" series. There are many biographies and accounts of individuals who fought in the Civil War, who went west to mine for silver, who piloted boats on the Erie Canal, who migrated west to become photographers, artists, historians, businessmen and adventurers. However, within these pages is the story of three men who, collectively, were all of these: William Sayre Gramesly, Charles Gramesly and Henry Gramesly, father and sons. The story begins in Palmyra, New York on the Erie Canal and takes the...