Donald La Fon

The Americans (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"The Americans" contains 13 short stories about the adventures and personal struggles of Americans involved in the founding and building of their great nation.

The tales describe the personal achievements of men and women who left their known worlds to travel to America to contribute their skills, sweat, blood, and, sometimes, their lives to create productive lives for themselves and their families.

The McKinneys emigrated from Scotland to Ireland and then to the Colonies and westward through the Allegheny Mountains where some stopped and put down roots. Others in the prolific clans moved into Indiana, Missouri, and Texas and beyond.

They were joined in their adventures by neighbors from the eastern mountains as they fought against foreign powers, hostile Indians, and lawbreakers.

The lives of Youngers, Creagers, Lomaxes, and others combined their personal stories to create a collection of personal struggles, triumphs, and failures that drove and led America into growth and world leadership of the 20th and 21st centuries.

The great events recorded in American history were not abstract historical happenings but part of the daily lives of our ancestors featured in "The Americans."

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: AuthorHouse
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 2003
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781410752888
• Artikelnr.: 69540559

Autorenporträt

At a young age my parents introduced me to the historical places near our home in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, and helped develop a sense of appreciation for historical events.

We visited the Battle of Tippecanoe battleground, the site of Fort Ouitanon, Fort Michilimackinac and other historic sites where I began learning about the people involved in historical events and places.

My grandmothers also encouraged my research efforts. We spent days touring the old family home sites, visiting cemeteries where family members are buried, and relating family history.

Later, my college education and my respect for my ancestors' efforts enabled me to research and write about their experiences.

I have visited other battle sites of the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and the Civil War in Vincennes, Gettysburg, Franklin and Chattanooga, Tennesee, and King's Mountain, South Carolina.

I also have visited Greeneville, Tennessee, capitol of Franklin; Davy Crockett's cabin; McKinney and Pineville, Kentucky; the Cumberland Gap; several presidents' homes; Meramec Cavern; Washington, D.C., and Spruce Pine, North Carolina.

I have walked where American heroes lived, fought, and died. I have read their letters and diaries. I have visited mines and swung a sledge in Spruce Pine, N.C., where my distant relatives worked and I have visited their gravesites, I have visited portions of the Erie Canal and have researched about the laborers who built it. I have ridden on a train, a river boat, and canoed extensively in all seasons. And, I have visited numerous libraries to gather information for my stories.

All this research was done for the sake of authenticity in my writing and to honor our ancestors.