"In Bristol Fashion" is the first of a two-volume fictionalized biography of the Lewis', the Hooper's and their extended families. Set in Glamorgan,Wales and Bristol, England, the sharp scent of the Celtic Sea seeps into the saga of smugglers, sailors and high sea adventures during the tumultuous years of Victoria's reign. Faced with situations very similar to those of our current times: ill-conceived foreign wars, economic depressions, radical changes in life styles, "the man in the street" and how he copes, is a theme that runs throughout the book.

"Son of the Kaiser ...Really? " brings the reader into the life of a Saxon family of immigrants as they flee the disruption of their lives by the Industrial Revolution and the attempts by the Germanic princes to create a unified country from their various States. Arriving in Baltimore in 1883 their young son Paul is thrust into a land where he learns that life is what you make of it. And make of it he does It's a long, often bumpy ride and the plucky little German finds himself caught up in a whirlwind of conflicting ideas about health, exercise, food, and sex. His surprising revelation made to his daughters in his final years fuels the plot and begs the question.

I wrote " A romp through post-conflagration Chicago, Pennsylvania's "Molly Maguire "coal mines, the great Log Jam in G

I wrote " A romp through post-conflagration Chicago, Pennsylvania's "Molly Maguire "coal mines, the great Log Jam in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the demise of Brooklyn, New York as an independent city and a New Jersey land development scheme, "In a Strange Land" carries the reader forward as Mary Ann and William with their two surviving sons arrive in "turn of the century" United States and "Became American."

Drawing on her grandmother's diary and father's photo album, author Lillian M. (Hooper) Henry, recreates that era of tumultuous growth and the " coming of age" of the country itself. Together with her earlier books, "the Real Yankee Doodle," "Tabitha's Tale," and "In Bristol Fashion," "In a Strange Land" provides insight into how historical events impact ordinary citizens.

Lillian's next endeavor is "Son of the Kaiser?..".a rags to riches recreation of "The Era of Peace and Prosperity." She and her husband divide their time between Pennsylvania and Florida. rand Rapids, Michigan, the demise of Brooklyn, New York as an independent city and a New Jersey land development scheme, "In a Strange Land" carries the reader forward as Mary Ann and William with their two surviving sons arrive in "turn of the century" United States and "Became American." Drawing on her grandmother's diary and father's photo album, author Lillian M. (Hooper) Henry, recreates that era of tumultuous growth and the " coming of age" of the country itself. Together with her earlier books, "the Real Yankee Doodle," "Tabitha's Tale," and "In Bristol Fashion," "In a Strange Land" provides insight into how historical events impact ordinary citizens. Lillian's next endeavor is "Son of the Kaiser?..".a rags to riches recreation of "The Era of Peace and Prosperity." She and her husband divide their time between Pennsylvania and Florida.

"Son of the Kaiser ...Really? " brings the reader into the life of a Saxon family of immigrants as they flee the disruption of their lives by the Industrial Revolution and the attempts by the Germanic princes to create a unified country from their various States. Arriving in Baltimore in 1883 their young son Paul is thrust into a land where he learns that life is what you make of it. And make of it he does It's a long, often bumpy ride and the plucky little German finds himself caught up in a whirlwind of conflicting ideas about health, exercise, food, and sex. His surprising revelation made to his daughters in his final years fuels the plot and begs the question.

I wrote " A romp through post-conflagration Chicago, Pennsylvania's "Molly Maguire "coal mines, the great Log Jam in G

I wrote " A romp through post-conflagration Chicago, Pennsylvania's "Molly Maguire "coal mines, the great Log Jam in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the demise of Brooklyn, New York as an independent city and a New Jersey land development scheme, "In a Strange Land" carries the reader forward as Mary Ann and William with their two surviving sons arrive in "turn of the century" United States and "Became American."

Drawing on her grandmother's diary and father's photo album, author Lillian M. (Hooper) Henry, recreates that era of tumultuous growth and the " coming of age" of the country itself. Together with her earlier books, "the Real Yankee Doodle," "Tabitha's Tale," and "In Bristol Fashion," "In a Strange Land" provides insight into how historical events impact ordinary citizens.

Lillian's next endeavor is "Son of the Kaiser?..".a rags to riches recreation of "The Era of Peace and Prosperity." She and her husband divide their time between Pennsylvania and Florida. rand Rapids, Michigan, the demise of Brooklyn, New York as an independent city and a New Jersey land development scheme, "In a Strange Land" carries the reader forward as Mary Ann and William with their two surviving sons arrive in "turn of the century" United States and "Became American." Drawing on her grandmother's diary and father's photo album, author Lillian M. (Hooper) Henry, recreates that era of tumultuous growth and the " coming of age" of the country itself. Together with her earlier books, "the Real Yankee Doodle," "Tabitha's Tale," and "In Bristol Fashion," "In a Strange Land" provides insight into how historical events impact ordinary citizens. Lillian's next endeavor is "Son of the Kaiser?..".a rags to riches recreation of "The Era of Peace and Prosperity." She and her husband divide their time between Pennsylvania and Florida.

"In Bristol Fashion" is the first of a two-volume fictionalized biography of the Lewis', the Hooper's and their extended families. Set in Glamorgan,Wales and Bristol, England, the sharp scent of the Celtic Sea seeps into the saga of smugglers, sailors and high sea adventures during the tumultuous years of Victoria's reign. Faced with situations very similar to those of our current times: ill-conceived foreign wars, economic depressions, radical changes in life styles, "the man in the street" and how he copes, is a theme that runs throughout the book.

"Tabitha's Tale," a companion piece to "The Real Yankee Doodle" is based on real people living real lives at the turn of the eighteenth century. Tabitha Simons and Peabody Utley growing up as nearby neighbors on the edge of the western frontier of the recently independent country of Vermont, find themselves as young adults in an unsettled political world facing an unwanted and ill prepared for war, not to mention a shattering dilemma of their own making.