This is the story of Betts Blackshed and his journey back to the United States to find the family that his father left when he joined the British during the War of 1812. Betts journey to find family became his quest to start a family.

A brief history of the Jeffries and Nunnally Family as they make the move from Mississippi to Tennessee

The Good Life And A Duo Of Short Stories From The Post Depression Former Antebellum South is a collection of three short stories that deal with the fun part of life of the mid 50's and early 60's of the rural south. All three stories focus on life as seen through the eyes of children of the time period.

A journey through the days of growing up in rural Mississippi in the 1950's. A look at the sad, the happy, the cruel, and the joy of living in a not so perfect world. A mixture of folklore, reality, and the fantasy side of life as seen through the eyes of a child. A look at relationships between family, races, and communities at a time when nothing was perfect. A look at what it took to survive when survival was not promised to anyone. A look at life in a time and place that will never again be.

This is the story of African Americans going south to find freedom in the early 1800's as told by a Great Grandmother in rural Mississippi in the 1950's. The events taking place in this story are all based on historical facts. In truth this is much more than the stories of an aged great grandmother, but this story is a part of forgotten American history.