Kirjahaku

Action and adventure so awesome and fearful - yet it was real and still verifiable in the lives of many thousands, especially for one of the characters, whose life is traced through 3 of the 4 formative eras of the United States of America following the America Revolution. The eras of the Great American Clipper Ships, the 1849 Gold Rush in California (where the "American Dream" was born), and the tragic American Civil War, all come into vivid reality at the Historical places and events described. A deep and abiding mystery runs though one man's life (even for him) as he is swept up in a prominent part of all these exciting, awesome times as he seemlessly goes from one to the other, making his mark in all three. All is interwoven with a deep, unrequited romance that sustains this struggling American through unimaginable hardships and hard-won victories both personal and historical. Flawed as we all are, he strides through true and actual history to lasting fame. All has long been known, verified and revealed in countless old letters, diaries, old newspaper articles, records and artifacts as still found in the Library of Congress as seen and researched by the Author personally - an effort that consumed over three years of his life. All comes together in one gripping and amazing ending. Will you be able to solve the mysteries, guess the nature and outcome of the romance - to walk along as a silent observer and see the fearsome tradgedies he must endure, as well as the heights of sublimity that he finally acieves without the fetters of Socialism? Read and learn true and verifiable history, some you never knew or were taught, while breathlessly being caught up in a vivid, descriptive action packed adventure, as if you were there

1939. EUROPE is a boiling caldron of an ever widening war caused by Adolf Hitler's maniacal dreams of world domination. Brazil, with it's vast raw materials, grain and beef coveted by Germany for their war machine, is a country seething with intense German fifth column activity and rumored governmental coups. The government is friendly to the U. S., must remain so and be assisted against subversion. THE QUESTIONABLE ACTIVITIES of a hard-bitten but patriotic Captain of an old freighter, both with a shady reputation, gets he and his first mate embroiled in danger and intrigue in-volving German spies, American undercover agents, takeover plots, and a beautiful European Duchess. AN EXPATRIATE from the Deep South of the United States,"Moon" Mullins rises to the occasion, heroically risks his life and ship, and falls in love with the Duchess ...who is not who she appears to be....

This book is unique for 2 of the largest categories of people thinking about going to Thailand. Many books list all of the gorgeous touristy, places, but for the thoughtful people who want to have the safest, most carefree, happiest and intellectually fulfilling experience on their holiday, this is the only book extant, which will assure these things. This is not a "Travelogue" as such. Instead, it is shall we say a "travel enhancer and enabler" - one that will insure happy times while insulating from grief and costly misfortune. The wonderful, gentle, smiling, respectful, soft-spoken, tolerant, and happy fun-loving Thai people live the safest and most free and independent lives than any other on the planet- and you can as well, providing you take the time to understand and implement enough of their culture and life to do so. And if this is true for vacationers, it is exponentially true in spades for the potential Expatriate thinking of finding the safest place in the world to retire and/or just to live a happy life, find a loving dedicated wife, or companionship and romance with the most beautiful, sweet hearted women and girls in the world - providing you have the knowledge to do so that this book provides, and within the this happy mix, an easy, laid back lifestyle can be found and enjoyed. There is no better place than Thailand for all these things - providing you come armed with full knowledge of all the many cultural dangers and pitfalls that exist for the ignorant and uniformed. The many aspects of of Thai culture are difficult (to say the least) for a Westerner (or any foreigner) to understand without benefit of the experiences and advice of those who have lived all over that country for years, amongst average Thai people - even at times with them in their homes as a family member, for the express purpose of learning the Thai cultrue ...as has the author of this book. I will say straight out that there is no other book which will address all the compelling and necessary questions which Visitors and Expats need to have answered, so they can come, live, and be happy and secure in Thailand. Even long-term current Expats in Thailand will find this book amazing, enlightening and informative. You will keep it handy, and refer to it often as you pursue your dreams in "The Land of Smiles." ...ETM

This wide and diverse collection of one man's life's eclectic short stories, personal anecdotes, harrowing adventures, ill-advised doings, and concise wisdom gained therefrom, will be beneficial, entertaining, exciting, and compelling to those from all walks of life. All these I leave for you, my fellow life travelers. My credibility for you in writing this book for you is simply this; In the progression of my time on earth I have drunk deeply from life's bitterest cup - and tasted of life's sweetest nectar. This I have learned; The brave may not live forever, but the cautious may not live at all.With time out for raising a family and climbing the corporate ladder in heavy engineering and high-rise building construction, I have also successfully started many small businesses, then to sell out from lack of interest when up and going, profitability established and curiosity satisfied. Shipping out on a tramp freighter and a stint in South America in the early 1960's as an undercover government operative and pilot only whetted my appetite and curiosity for more such doings, some as revealed here. Then years later a wonderful fifteen of my years were spent in Southeast Asia carried my adventures forward and through many harrowing happenings. Most rewarding, among others, has been helping Hmong Hilltribe people escape through the Army lines of the Communist regimes in Laos and Cambodia to a redoubt across the Mekong River into the mountains of Northern Thailand, there to live with them and help them build villages safe from their oppressors. All this saved me from utter boredom when I needed it most - and occurred while also delving into and trying to understand what was to me, convoluted cultures centuries older than mine and diametrically opposed to it. Through difficult and dangerous experiences, I found that people are basically the same the world over, and develop similarly, but with different customs, and even a different though process which evolves in different environments and separated by half a world away. Such differences obscures the basic humanity in all of us, and gentle tolerance is of the essence. Stay on that mysterious, Eclectic Road of Life at your leisure by using this book of astounding, beneficial and informative things - then go forward and grasp your own adventures as they come. We are limited only by the smallness of our dreams ...and remember - all who wander, are not lost. ...ETM

Emil T. Miller(son of Emil Fernoy and Mary Montez (Miller) Brock), devoted 2 years of his life in searching out and writing of the definitive history and genealogies of his wing of the wider Brock Family, who in sum number in the tens of thousands both North and South, some of both which fought in the so-called "Civil" War. This Brock wing which settled in West Georgia, in the time of the writer, were a close-nit, protective, loving bunch of Brocks, and their progeny who read these pages can be intensely proud of their lineage and ancestry. It is a true-blue patriotic, proud ancestry, and a Son of Reubin Brock the 1st fought in the American Revolutionary War for our Independence from England. Our direct ancestor here, James Daniel Brock, fought for the same things, our Southron independence for same reason: Taxation without Representation - i.e., States Rights, and after the invasion of the South they went to arms and fought for their freedom, for their families and farms, and for the right of self determination. They were neither defeted or beaten. They were overwhelmed by the far greater population (numbers of troops), manufacturing capabilities, a standing army and navy at the outset, and a far outnumbered fleet of merchant ships. I have so far found more than 25 of our blood relatives who fought in this useless war. Refer online to http: //www.books-n-sundries.com/32-The%20'Civil'%20War.htmBy the time of our present generations since the late 1930's when I was born, we had largely forgotten about this sad chapter in our history and were going about our lives as best we could.

Emil T. Miller(son of Emil Fernoy and Mary Montez (Miller) Brock), devoted 2 years of his life in searching out and writing of the definitive history and genealogies of his wing of the wider Brock Family, who in sum number in the tens of thousands both North and South, some of both which fought in the so-called "Civil" War. This Brock wing which settled in West Georgia, in the time of the writer, were a close-nit, protective, loving bunch of Brocks, and their progeny who read these pages can be intensely proud of their lineage and ancestry. It is a true-blue patriotic, proud ancestry, and a Son of Reubin Brock the 1st fought in the American Revolutionary War for our Independence from England. Our direct ancestor here, James Daniel Brock, fought for the same things, our Southron independence for same reason: Taxation without Representation - i.e., States Rights, and after the invasion of the South they went to arms and fought for their freedom, for their families and farms, and for the right of self determination. They were neither defeted or beaten. They were overwhelmed by the far greater population (numbers of troops), manufacturing capabilities, a standing army and navy at the outset, and a far outnumbered fleet of merchant ships. I have so far found more than 25 of our blood relatives who fought in this useless war. Refer online to http: //www.books-n-sundries.com/32-The%20'Civil'%20War.htmBy the time of our present generations since the late 1930's when I was born, we had largely forgotten about this sad chapter in our history and were going about our lives as best we could.