Biography & Memoirs

"IN THE BEGINNING" Autobiography of a Quadriplegic,, Celebrating 54 years as a Spinal Cord injury in 1961 Kern River Bakersfield CA- Part II- "Through Mama's Eyes" written by my mother- in 1965 Ojai CA- "Through Mama's Eyes" is my Mothers written story- of how she felt about our family and how my family went through a lifetime of Grief and misery during my young life of my Spinal Cord Injury- and how we have endured a lifetime of hardship and still come out the complete family that we now understand that only a mother could see "Through Mama's Eyes" "IN THE BEGINNING" Dedicated to my mother Pauline Captolia Allen Pergson Born 1920 Corrine Pushmataha Oklahoma- Died 1978 Concord CA-

This diary was written so that self-awareness and positive reinforcement would become effective tools of living and moving forward. It was written so influential and powerful African Americans who have made it in this society would be inclined to reach out to those young black minds screaming for help.

A look into the twists and turns of a young immigrant woman searching for a better life in America after surviving the Armenian Genocide in 1915.

The history of the Lattier family is told in parallel with the history of France and Louisiana. There are many photographs and images throughout the book, along with a family tree at the end.

These are the recollections of Marciano Junior Hinds, as he recalls his life story during the years of 1956 though 1999. From the small rural village in Jamaica, to the streets of Kinston, Chicago, Connecticut, New York City and every state in the US, he shares some of his most intimate and unforgettable events, which also aided him to thru mental and spiritual transformation. He grows into a man that most of us will never truly understand but who undoubtedly love, respect and admire. He dedicates this book to his children, who he hopes will not make the same mistakes as he did but will live for today, give thanks for yesterday and have hope for a better tomorrow.

This is a memoir on the lives of the Wisby family who left their home in the US for two years to live and work in Liberia.

FORWARD Please note that within this book there will be social, religious, economic, and political differences reflecting the times. This is when James’ ancestors lived their life. There were American pioneers, American Indians, immigrants, and the United States military. In accordance with historians and family members, people, places, and things that are important to James Mapes Pool are included in this last revised addition, to include but not limited to, biographical photos of families that, in successive generations, have been documented and identified with the development of a nation called the United States of America. James has authorized the writing of his revi ...

Ernest Curtis grew up in the deep south in the 1940s and 50s. The son of a sharecropper, this is a story of family, honor, and survival in his own words.

Although “A Time Apart,” is a novel, and the dialogue is imagined, it is based on actual events which were told in my book “The Last Best of All Times,” about my upbringing in West New Rochelle. This story is narrated by the protagonist, Bobby Belmonte, who, in the latter part of his life, is reminiscing about those early years, as the world is evolving from the devastating effects of the COVID- 19 pandemic. It centers on the summer before his last year at Saint Joseph’s elementary school, transporting the reader back to “A Time Apart” from the present, based on his boyish recollections of his family, the school, the church, the Boys Club, and the games they invented, and the special jo ...

Although Suvilla Bontrager Hershberger weighed less than four pounds when she was born at home in 1919, she survived and lived to the ripe old age of 92. Suvilla was expected to pitch in and help with the work while still young and she worked hard all through her life. As she lived through the depression years she learned the necessity for frugality. And as part of a tight-knit Amish community she learned the art of caring and sharing. In 1997 while living in Sun City, Arizona, Suvilla participated in a class for writing life stories. She laboriously hand wrote her story on ruled tablet paper and had it copied for each of her children and grandchildren. Now her daughter has transcribe ...