This book contains what I learned about the origins of two families. The Stubbs', my paternal family, migrated from Virginia to South Carolina, to Georgia, and, finally, to East Texas. The Hamptons, my maternal family, followed much the same path from Virginia to South Carolina to Georgia to Alabama, and to East Texas. Included are first hand accounts of life on the farm and in a rural community. The last part of this effort comprises an anthology of short pieces depicting events from my own life.

This is the account of an ordinary small town welfare worker thrown into the horror of WWII. After proving his valor in the North African Campaign, he emerged as a hardened combat veteran who would never be the same. His personal diary depicts the transformation...ES

Sites for the action in this global thriller range from the frozen steppes of Northwest China, the piney woods of East Texas, New York, London, and culminates amidst the startling beauty of Monte Carlo. The title character is a deadly Asian beauty who kills her way to a confrontation with a good old boy from Texas where love and terror battle for her heart.