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|  | | Home on the Farm: Essays on a Michigan Childhood
Short essays about growing up on a Michigan farm during the 1930s and 1940s.
The Thumb area of rural Michigan in the 1930s and 1940s was a place where residents led simple lives. They slept well at night secure in the notion that they had put in an honest day’s labor. Home On The Farm provides us with a glimpse of Midwestern Americana during the early Twentieth Century and describes the triumphs and tragedies in that rural environment. Readers, young and old, will enjoy meeting characters like statuesque Grandmother Davis, multi-talented Grandfather Williamson, Jake the horse dog, Cho-lin the champion pig, Rocky the riding horse and a host of others.
The au | |  | | Leafing Through My Family Tree
An author shares with readers his unusual ancestors and other relatives from the colonial era to the present time.
For his third non-fiction book, Jerry R. Davis chose to write about his own family members, past and present. They make up an interesting array of individuals including a veteran of THREE U.S. wars, a Mohawk Indian, three passengers from the MAYFLOWER,a participant in the California Gold Rush of 1849, a born teacher, a sailor lost at sea in the 1944 D-Day invasion of German-occupied France during World War II and many others. The book is liberally illustrated with drawings by the author as well as photos from his family's archives. Davis's fascinating ancestors and his writing style togeth | |  | | Master of None: A Love/Hate Affair with Home Remodeling
This is a collection of stories about my 50 year experiences with home remodeling projects and ten plus years of being a rental landlord.
| |  | | Tales of the Road: Essays on Half Century of Travel
Come join me in my adventures while traveling the world!
Whether the author of TALES OF THE ROAD was visiting Europe, Asia or North America, the stories he tells make pleasurable reading for all ages. There are a large number of characters described and this is just a sampling: a generous subway security guard in Rome, an irate German cyclist in Bremerhaven, a selfish line-crasher in Hong Kong, a knowledgeable taxi owner in Mexico City, a considerate restaurant owner in Frankfurt, a tall transsexual in Minneapolis, as well as a money-hungry taxicab driver in Beijing. No one, good or bad, manages to escape the author’s honest and entertaining comm |
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