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Bringing History to Life For Your Children & Grandchildren
Easy, creative ways to make history a part of your daily life and the lives of your children and grandchildren.
We live in an era when our connection with the past, which is so vital to our future, has been ruptured over and again. Young people and children see history as faded and boring, not flashy and exciting like video games and movies. Schools teach facts and avoid time-worn documents, diaries, and the words of the very people who lived before us. But the past is important to our future, and Donna explores not only why we should make history a part of our everyday world, but she empowers parents, grandparents, and teachers with quick, creative strategies to begin helping children, grandchildren, and students walk in the present and in the past. Included at the back of the book is an exhaustive list of historical fiction and classic time-tested literature for young and old alike. Interested in writing your family history down and getting it into print? Nothing is more important, and Donna, a writing teacher and published author, includes a quick overview of the writing and publishing process to get you started.
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A perfect read for the semi-sesquecentennial!
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The Big Siege of Fort Boonesborough and the Winning of the American West during the American Revolution
A true story of courage and bravery and its impace on a young nation . . .
In September of 1778 the isolated outpost of Fort Boonesborough in Caintuck Land, with less than 100 inhabitants and only 35 or so fighting men, faced a war party of over 400 Shawnee Indians. Along with the warriors were French-turned-British officers trained in the art of warfare and sieges. Although there were two other settlements in Kentucky, they were smaller than Boonesborough, and the nearest settlement to the Kentucky forts and stations was 200 miles to the east and that over a mountain range with only way in and one way out. That day in September, within the picketed walls of Fort Boonesborough, Daniel Boone gave the settlers a choice – surrender or fight and face death. Boone assures those standing before him he will support their decision. Assuredly, none of the settlers were thinking beyond the next few days. Their minds were full of how to save their lives and the lives of the others in the fort. None of them realized that their decision would play a major role in peace negotiations four years later at the end of the American Revolution. But how did they get here? How did Boone and less than a hundred settlers find themselves facing a life and death decision that would later prove to be so invaluable to a young nation going to war? To understand, one must always go back to the beginning . . .
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A tale of misdiagnoses, improper medication, and a search for answers in the past.
Will Someone Please Shoot the Cuckoo?
One woman's continuing journey through hypothyroidism and today's healthcare system.
Ever feel like doctors do not really listen? Do you shake your head when physicians do not take your symptoms seriously – hair loss, migraines, heart palpitations, fatigue, inability to sleep, inability to lose weight, aches and pains so deep in your body you cannot even seem to get up in the morning? And then there are the dangerous symptoms they ignore – brain fog, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, depression and anxiety, and on and on. Did they tell you that you were simply getting old? Did they offer another medication and another, perhaps they suggested a psychiatrist or offered you an anti-depressant? Do you know, deep inside yourself that you are not crazy and that there is a serious problem, because you are not . . . you? Were you finally diagnosed with hypothyroidism, prescribed Levothyroxine, and later slipped back into your disease and still they refuse to listen? This is not a medical book on hypothyroidism. For that a number of other books exist. This is a book of one woman’s journey through the past ten years with this disease - a journey of wrong diagnoses, of improper medication, of unconcerned doctors, of setbacks and steps forward. If you are one of the millions of Americans who cannot seem to get help for your fatigue, and you have been diagnosed with or believe you have hypothyroidism, then let Donna’s journey inspire you to persevere in your quest for a proper diagnosis, proper treatment, and ultimately – better health. Help is out there, and most importantly – you are not alone.
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I enjoyed reading this book. It had a lot of information and history on the McQueens. One of the best parts about this book is that it has a section that lists sources, which is very important in any genealogy book. Definitely recommend this book!
A must-read for all descendants of Dugal McQueen! Metes & Bounds I traces the rise of the McQueens from their pre-Scotland days to their fight for survival on America's first frontier!
Reader Testimonials
This book is wonderfully written and a work of love. In addition, I really appreciate the sources listed and was surprised to see myself too. I love the historical way it was written as it really brings our ancestors to life! Thank you, Donna, for the years of research and dedication!
Praise for Metes & Bounds I: Dugal McQueen, Ancestors & Descendants
I have been working on my famiy history. I found this book beautifully written and full of facts about Donna Hechler Porter's family . . . The pictures are a reminder of times gone by and brings back a lot of memories for me. Congratulations Mrs. Porter on a lovely book. Everything is perfect and easy to read.
Donna's genealogy books invite you to explore the world of family roots. Join her on a discovery of a past the weave into your present!
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