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He wrote prize-winning books and papers on subjects as diverse as leprosy, malaria, toxicology, public health, cancer, and surgery. He served as chairman of advisory panels for the U.S. government, many professional societies, the American Cancer Society, Boy Scouts of America, and the Y.M.C.A. He was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, the American College of Surgeons, and the Explorers Club.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter retiring from surgery and oncology, he continued to work as a historian, author, genealogist, and popular lecturer. He has also traveled with his wife and family to more than 50 countries and they have trekked on all seven continents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe has had a simultaneous career in U.S. military service, beginning in 1950, when he volunteered for the U.S. Marine Corps. He became a military parachutist, and he retired as a Navy Reserve Medical Corps captain in 1992, having been on active duty in four wars: the Korean War; the Cuban Missile Crisis of the Cold War; the Vietnam War; and the First Gulf War. His Reserve service included duty in the Navy Command Center at the Pentagon, as Chief of the Contingency Planning Branch of U.S. Navy Medicine. His many awards and decorations include the Navy Meritorious Service Medal, the Gorgas Medal, the New Jersey Distinguished Service Medal, the Outstanding Service Medal of the Uniformed Services University; and as a civilian, the St. George Medal of the American Cancer Society and the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2006, he was invited to give the keynote address for the annual Navy Birthday celebration at the National Reconnaissance Office. He spoke to the NRO about the fictional Doctor Stephen Maturin in Patrick O’Brian’s novels about Jack Aubrey and warfare at sea at the end of the eighteenth century. The title of his lecture was “Master and Commander, Surgeon and Spy.” His book, \u003cem\u003eProceed to Peshawar\u003c\/em\u003e, won a Finalist’s Medal at the Indie Book Awards festival in 2015.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"101-h5555","title":"Western Pilgrims: The Hill, Stockwell and Allied Families [2 volumes]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAncestors and Descendants of George J. Hill and Jessie Fidelia Stockwell, who were married in Wright County, Iowa, in 1882\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book tells the story of the ancestors of a rural Iowa farm family, from the origins of each branch in northern Europe to their arrival in colonial New England and the colony of New York before the Revolutionary War. More than 150 ancestral branches of the Iowa pioneers, George J. Hill and his wife Jessie F. Stockwell, are traced in their migration to the New World, and then westward to the heartland of America. It is an epic story of genealogy, told in the form of biographies of each generation of George and Jessie's ancestors. Many of the ancestors' other children and their descendants are also followed for additional generations, and they appear in the book's massive index.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMost of the ancestors of George Hill and Jessie Stockwell immigrated to the seaports of New England in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. These early settlers largely stayed near the seacoast, where it was safe, land was readily available, and the Atlantic Ocean and the great rivers were useful for commerce and food. Most of their ancestors were from England, and the book will be especially useful for those who are studying the lives of colonial immigrants who came from that part of Great Britain. The men were usually humble folk, such as farmers, tradesmen, servants, and fishermen, and their wives were kept busy with house work and raising children. But there were also a few who came as gentry, as warriors, and as businessmen. One family came on the Mayflower in 1620, and others came with the Winthrop Fleet in what is known as the Great Migration. Five of them appear to have Royal ancestors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the next generations, the families spread west, seeking new farmland and opportunities in western New England, the New Hampshire Grants (now Vermont), and eastern New York State. By 1775, when the Revolutionary War broke out, they were in Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Dutchess County, N.Y. They were poised to cross the Hudson River, but none had yet settled on the west side of that great river. After the war, some of these families moved across the Hudson River from Connecticut and Massachusetts. After settling temporarily in the North-West Territory (now Ohio), they relocated into the southern tier of counties in New York State. Others went west from Vermont. By the time of the Civil War, they had all reached Iowa. A wealth of photographs, a full-name index for each volume, and a Hill-Stockwell five-generation full-name index add to the value of this work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge J. Hill, M.D., M.A., D.Litt.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2014, 8.5\" x 11\", paper, index, 2 volumes, 866 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788455551\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-H5555\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":679154286608,"sku":"101-H5555","price":79.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-h5555v1-1500px.png?v=1777214908"},{"product_id":"101-h5611","title":"Quakers and Puritans: The Shoemaker, Warren and Allied Families [2 volumes]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAncestors and Descendants of William Toy Shoemaker and Mabel Warren, Who Were Married in Philadelphia in 1895\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book tells the story of an American family from its origins in Europe to the present time. The family has two major branches: the Shoemakers came to Pennsylvania from Britain and the Rhineland, while the other branch, the Warrens, came to New England from various parts of Britain. In the last generation, before the two main branches joined in marriage, two other limbs appeared on the family tree — a recent arrival from England, and a somewhat earlier one from Germany. This book also tells of eighty other families whose members married into the Shoemakers and Warrens. The details show how history evolved in the lives of individuals and family groups, as they encountered problems and found opportunities, and made crucial decisions that affected the future for themselves and their children. Religion played a vital role in the emigration of the Shoemakers and Warrens and the other families in this book. Many of them were dissidents from the established religions of Europe, and some died for their beliefs. They include Anglican Puritans; Quakers from England, Wales, and Germany; Mennonites; and Baptists. And in New England, after they arrived, they often showed intolerance to different beliefs. Some chose to emigrate for new opportunities: to improve on already established wealth, or to find success that had eluded them in the Old World. A few of the men came as adventurers — mostly as officers, whose leadership was needed in New England — and a few came as prisoners, who worked their way out of indentured servitude. The women in each generation are often unknown, except by their first names. However, in most cases we know that they, too, suffered along with their husbands, or enjoyed the same rewards, although they were femmes covert. Some of the members of this family have played an interesting role in history. Two of the emigrants to America were descended from Charlemagne, and there are many other kings and queens among their ancestors: William the Conqueror; the infamous King John; Saint Margaret, Queen of Scots; Lady Godiva; and nobles and kings of Wales, to mention but a few. The New England branch and the Pennsylvania branch of this family have one thing in common, however: both branches succeeded in business, accumulated some wealth, and stayed near the East coast; and they maintained strong moral principles, which they passed along to their descendants. A wealth of photographs, a full-name index for each volume, and a five-generation Shoemaker-Warren full-name index add to the value of this work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge J. 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This river cuts across the prairie near Stone City, home of the artist Grant Wood. The story of Will Thompson and Sadie Rundall brings to mind Wood's iconic painting, American Gothic. Will and Sadie's ancestors all came from northern Europe, mostly from Britain, Scotland, and Ireland. They came to Iowa from settlements on the northeast coast of what was then British North America. Most of them arrived before the American Revolution, many in the early 17th century. They first settled near the Atlantic Ocean, along the coast from the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia to northern Maryland, on the Chesapeake Bay. Most of the emigrants were Puritans, Presbyterians, Anglicans, or Quakers, and they lived in communities with others who worshipped in the same way. As time passed, the ancestral families mingled, and many then found common ground in the Methodist Church.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs it was with most early settlers in British America, the principal occupation of the men was farming, although some were also fishermen. More than a few were soldiers, craftsmen, tradesmen, and land speculators. The women were, almost without exception, occupied with bearing and raising children, and housework. Their stories are typical of the times in which they lived, and the records presented here show what the lives of men, women, and children were like in those times.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThere are, inevitably, some dark spots in the stories. The most famous is the tragedy of one of Will Thompson's ancestors, Rebecca (Towne) \"Goody\" Nurse, who was hanged at Salem. But then redemption occurred, when her great-granddaughter Elizabeth Nurse married Caleb Putnam, grandson of the acting constable of Salem, and a close relative of many of her principal accusers. One of the other famous characters in this book is Elizabeth (Fones) (Winthrop) (Feake) Hallett, the so-called \"Winthrop Woman,\" who appears many times. She was the daughter-in-law of one of Sadie Rundall's ancestors, and the mother-in-law of another. The Thompson and Rundall families include Torys and Patriots, slave-owners and abolitionists. Some were among the founders of the towns of New Haven, Greenwich, Stamford, Southold, and Oyster Bay. The Rev. Abraham Pierson led his flock to Newark, New Jersey. Others, such as John Sharples, came with William Penn to Pennsylvania. A wealth of photographs, a complete bibliography, and a full-name index of the members of the Thompson-Rundall families add to the value of this work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge J. Hill, M.D., M.A., D.Litt.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2016, 8.5\" x 11\", paper, index, 2 volumes, 828 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788456954\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-H5695\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":621892501520,"sku":"101-H5695","price":78.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-h5695v1-1500px.png?v=1777214924"},{"product_id":"101-h5736","title":"American Dreams: Ancestors and Descendants of John Zimmermann and Eva Katherine Kellenbenz Who Were Married in Philadelphia in 1885","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book tells the story of John Zimmermann and Eva Katherine Kellenbenz and how they succeeded in their dreams in America. The story begins in the state of Württemberg, in southern Germany, where their ancestors had lived in small towns for more than 400 years. Both towns were a few miles east of Stuttgart, although the Kellenbenz and Zimmermann families did not know each other in Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmerican Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e is divided into three parts. Part I, with two chapters, is about the European origin of the families of John Zimmermann and Eva Katherine Kellenbenz. It begins with the background of the Germanic people, and it then focuses on the homeland of these two families in the Swabian Alb, now the state of Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It traces the history of the Zimmermann and Kellenbenz families from the 1400s to the late 1800s, when John and Eva each decided, independently, to come to America. Part II continues with the story of John and Eva Katherine, who came separately to America, where they met and were married in Philadelphia. Part II also tells of the early lives of their seven children and recounts John Zimmermann's remarkable success as an inventor of weaving and dyeing machines, as a businessman in the textile industry, and as a philanthropist and Mormon bishop. Part II ends with his death in 1936. Part III is divided into seven chapters, each of which is devoted to one of John and Eva Katherine's seven children, and of their descendants. It follows the lives and careers of the descendants of John and Eva to the present time, including 190 of their descendants, and eighty of those who are known to be their spouses.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe lives of about 270 men, women and children are presented in either outline form or in biographies. The value of this work is enhanced by a wealth of photographs, a complete bibliography, a full-name index, and three appendices: Zimmermann Family Charts (bef 1642-2009), by Jean Hoxie Naples; John Zimmermann Family Timeline (1855-1978), by Jean Naples; and, Barbara S. Zimmermann, Mutterings (1969), excerpts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge J. 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Indeed, John Saxe was already a subject of the King of England, for the young man was born in 1732 in Saxony, in the Electorate of Hanover, which was ruled by the Prince-elector who was also King George II of England.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Saxe could surely have been regarded as a spy, for he worked for the King's men \"although not in uniform or with an official position in a military unit\" and that would be considered spying. Perhaps he actually was a spy, or maybe he was just a German- and English-speaking guide for the Ansbach Jaegers. The truth of the matter will probably never be known, but legend has it that he escaped or was released from prison. Perhaps his employers, the Livingstons, arranged for his release. He was their miller. It is, however, known that Saxe returned to his family in Rhinebeck, on the east side of the Hudson River, and he remained there until after the end of the Revolutionary War. As a \"suspected\" Loyalist, his property was then confiscated by the state. John Saxe and his wife and their eight sons \"one just a babe in arms\" and many other families, including some of his kinsmen, then made their way up the Hudson River. They crossed the height of land into the watershed of Lake Champlain, and settled in the wilderness at the northeastern corner of that lake at what was then, and still is, called Missisquoi Bay.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is the story of the Loyalist, John Saxe, and of his children and their descendants some of whom were very successful, while others were ordinary men and women who eked out a living on the frontier. Some settled in Canada and were loyal to the Crown, whereas others were American patriots, heroes in the War of 1812 and the Civil War, and some who were distinguished in public service, law, business, the arts, and government. John Saxe's most famous descendant was his grandson, John Godfrey Saxe, L.L.D. (1816-1887), a poet and statesman, who wrote about \"The Seven Blind Men and the Elephant\", in a book that is still in print today. One of the most mysterious descendants of the Loyalist was his son, Godfrey, who was named for the Loyalist's father, and about whom very little is known.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGodfrey Saxe had a daughter, Anna Maria Saxe, who married Joseph Stockwell and had many descendants including George Hill, the author of this book. Based on the documents that he discovered, Hill speculates that Godfrey Saxe may have been shunned by his father and perhaps some of his siblings because he had this child out of wedlock and that indeed the child's unnamed mother may have been a neighbor and relative. The child, Anna Saxe, grew up in the community of Highgate, Vermont, but after she was married, she moved to New York State, and her descendants have now literally spread all over the world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHill's book traces the descendants of John Saxe and his wife, Catherine Weaver, for five generations. Hill thus updates a genealogy of the Saxe family that was published by John Saxe's great-great-grandson in 1930. Hill adds much that is new to this earlier \u003cem\u003eGenealogy of the Saxe Family\u003c\/em\u003e. He integrates information about the Saxe family and their relatives from other histories of northern Vermont, and he includes copies of many original photographs and previously unpublished letters and documents. Hill's book includes footnotes, endnotes, several appendices, and two indexes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge J. Hill, M.D., M.A., D.Litt.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2010, 8.5\" x 11\", paper, index, 202 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788451768\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-H5176\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32049696784,"sku":"101-H5176","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-h5176-1500px.png?v=1777214859"},{"product_id":"101-h5367","title":"Hill: The Ferry Keeper's Family, Luke Hill and Mary Hout","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnd Fourteen Generations of Their Known and Possible Descendants\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book tells the story of a yeoman farmer and ferry keeper and his wife from the time of their marriage in 1651 in Windsor, Connecticut, until they died in Simsbury, a town which they helped to found. It also tells of their eight children and their spouses, and it continues to follow this family down to the present.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe author tells of the rare occupation of the right of ferriage—how it was compensated, and what was expected of the ferry keeper. The duties of the ferry keeper were well known at one time, even legendary. It was Charon who operated the one-way ferry over the River Styx between Earth and Hades. He was paid by a coin, obolos, placed in the dead person's mouth. This was the same river that Achilles was dipped in as a baby by his mother (held, to his misfortune, by his heel), who hoped he would thus be invincible. Except when the river was frozen, the ferry keeper was a waterman who was on-call night and day. At the peril of his own life, and the lives of his passengers, he had to decide when and how it was safe for humans, their goods, and their livestock to travel. The ferry keeper has now all but disappeared from America, along with the telegraph operator and Pony Express rider.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis story involves more than 4000 descendants of the ferry keeper and his wife, about whom much is known in some instances. Many are known only by name; and in recent generations, because of privacy concerns, many are anonymous. The ferry keeper's four sons and four daughters and their children receive special attention, and their lives are carefully reconstructed from the historical records. The choices they faced for survival, and the decisions they made, were by and large successful. But not all were equal. Luck apparently favored some. All married well, but some married better than others. Typical among early Colonial American families, the youngest son of the founder of this family inherited the father's estate with the proviso that he would care for his aged parents until they died. The father had already accumulated a large amount of land, and the youngest son made good use of this property. His two marriages were to the daughters of leaders of the town, and he died a wealthy man.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is family history, based on genealogy and enriched with biography. Some of the characters are notable, such as Roger Enos, a lieutenant colonel in the Revolutionary War, who later became a Major General. Enos' son-in-law, General Ira Allen, was a founder of Vermont. He was the brother of Ethan Allen, famous leader of the Green Mountain Boys. In a later generation, Lucius Barnes Barbour, who created the \u003cem\u003eBarbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records\u003c\/em\u003e, was one of the ferry keeper's descendants. There are many others whose reconstructed lives are interesting, and who are exemplars of their times, though they have since been forgotten. In the eighteenth and nineteenth century, most were sturdy farmers and farm wives, who occasionally had another profession such as blacksmith, teacher, or doctor. Some of the men were in all of the American wars except, probably, the War with Spain. They were in the French and Indian Wars, the Revolution, the War of 1812, and the Civil War. Typical of the descendants of a Connecticut Yankee, most were in the Union Army, and only a few fought for the South. Only one was known to be a slave-holder, and probably only one fought in the war with Mexico. Multiple marriages were seen in many branches of the family, usually because a husband died, or a wife, but at least two husbands deserted and their wives remarried. Several joined the Mormons, and the men had overlapping wives and families. In the late twentieth century, the records of marriage and divorce, and of child-bearing without marriage, show a family that is very different from the past. While continuing for the most part to be white and Protestant, this family is now becoming as diverse as a large American family can be. Numerous photographs, illustrations, and maps, as well as a full-name index augment the text.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge J. Hill, M.D., M.A., D.Litt.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2011, 8.5\" x 11\", paper, 600 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788453670\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-H5367\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":8136384938102,"sku":"101-H5367","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-h5367-1500px.png?v=1777214872"},{"product_id":"101-h5765","title":"Edison's Environment: The Great Inventor Was Also A Great Polluter","description":"\u003cp\u003eThomas Edison is acclaimed as the 'Wizard of Menlo Park,' and as Time magazine's 'Man of the Century.' Edison saw himself as a benefactor of humanity. But in this startling new look at Edison, Dr. George J. Hill suggests that the price of invention was serious industrial pollution and other environmental costs. Meadows, ponds, and forest disappeared to make way for Edison's laboratories, factories, and mining operation; water and soil pollution were rife, and the health consequences for workers and residents were severe.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cblockquote\u003e\"Dr. Hill is the first author to offer a comprehensive look at Edison's impact on the environment. \u003cem\u003eEdison's Environment\u003c\/em\u003e examines the inventor's interactions — as expressed in his life, thought and career — with the natural world, and traces the development of environmental consciousness in the views of Edison and his contemporaries. He explores the fundamental debate about how we should judge the actions and ethics of past generations. In so doing, George Hill has written one of the most novel and original works on Edison to appear in a generation.\" - Mark Edward Lender, Ph.D.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e \u003cp\u003eA bibliography and a full-name, place and subject index add to the value of this work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author: George J. Hill, M.D., D.Litt., is Professor of Surgery Emeritus at New Jersey Medical School - Rutgers University. He is the author of more than a dozen books and over 200 papers and articles on medicine and history. This is the third edition of his book on Edison's Environment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge J. 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Thompson and Sarah D. Rundall, and John Zimmermann and Eva K. Kellerbenz, with Outlines of Their Descent from the Immigrants\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is a guide to four books about the genealogy of four American families: \u003ca href=\"\/products\/101-h5555\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Western Pilgrims\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWestern Pilgrims\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/101-h5611\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Quakers and Puritans\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eQuakers and Puritans\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/101-h5695\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Fundy to Chesapeake\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFundy to Chesapeake\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/101-h5736\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"American Dreams\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmerican Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e. It is the synopsis of a tetralogy. The ancestors of these families emigrated from Northern Europe to North America, coming by ship from many countries, over a span of two and a half centuries. Some of the immigrants in these families were related in Europe, and many of their descendants intermarried in America, so they form a complex web of social relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA few members of the Four Families in America have identical ancestors in Europe. As a result, some of the books have overlapping genealogies and family histories. They are united in this synopsis. In alphabetical order, the immigrants and first known ancestors in America of the Four Families are listed, along with a brief biography of each, and also an outline of descent from each immigrant to one or more of the eight grandparents. There are 528 men and women in the text of this book and in the index. Of these, 481 (278 men and 203 women) are immigrants and first known ancestors in America. Additionally, thirty-one are European ancestors, and sixteen others are discussed. Unusual in this book, men and women are both considered to be equal in their contributions to the Four Families. The full maiden names of ninety women are known, and each has her own place in the alphabetical order in this synopsis. The maiden family name of 113 women is unknown, and each of them is given a place immediately after that of her husband; seventeen of them are truly femmes coverts, without even a record of their given name. For example, Edward Fuller, a passenger on the \u003cem\u003eMayflower\u003c\/em\u003e in 1620 was accompanied by his wife, who is known to history only as \"Mrs. Fuller.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe first page of the text of this book highlights the featured names of sixty-eight immigrants whose stories are especially interesting. Students of the genealogy of emigrants from Europe to America will surely find other names of interest among the 528 in the full-name index.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge J. Hill, M.D., M.A., D.Litt.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2017, 8.5\" x 11\", paper, index, 174 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788457890\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-H5789\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":415508135952,"sku":"101-H5789","price":26.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-h5789-1500px.png?v=1777214944"},{"product_id":"101-h5824","title":"\"Dearest Barb\": From Karachi, 1943-1945","description":"\u003cp\u003eCarefully boxed and bound with a silk ribbon, the letters of Lieutenant Albert Zimmermann to his wife Barbara from Karachi, India, in 1943-1945 were discovered nearly sixty years later, long after they were dead. These letters are unique. No other personal correspondence of a Naval Intelligence Officer in World War II is known to have survived. The 119 letters give a glimpse into the struggle of a husband and wife to cope with the anxiety of separation and uncertainty at the height of the war. They tell of her trials in raising their children alone, and of his attempts to advise her, while he is stationed on the other side of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAl Zimmermann was an honors graduate in mechanical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, and he was a partner in a wool brokerage when Pearl Harbor was attacked. He had been recruited into undercover intelligence work before the war, and in 1942 he was commissioned as a Naval Intelligence Officer. He was sent to Karachi, India, in 1943, where he became Commanding Officer of the Naval Liaison Office. He was the senior U.S. Naval Officer in the part of India that in 1947 became the country of Pakistan.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe letters tell of Zimmermann's long days of duty, and they tell obliquely of the many things that he must do, but cannot tell his wife about. They tell of his illnesses — racking coughs, dysentery, sand fly fever, dengue — and we learn that both Al and Barbara develop stomach ulcers. He is caught in a web of intrigue in India that is sometimes hard for him to understand. But he survived and made friends in high places. His month-long journey in 1943 along the North-West Frontier of India with another American intelligence officer — Major Gordon Enders — and a British baronet — Major Sir Benjamin Bromhead — was the first official step by America into the ancient contest known as the Great Game. He was probably the first U.S. Navy man to cross the Khyber Pass, and he was one of the first Americans to reach the remote principality of Chitral.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eZimmermann knew how to use poor handwriting and coded references to pass the censor in order to tell his wife about the interesting people that he met, and of the many exotic places that he visited in Karachi and elsewhere in India and Ceylon. He took many photographs and movies, some of which he sent home from India, and others that he brought back with him in May 1945. In this book, there are 150 pictures of his historic trip along the Afghan border, and many of his other photos and stills from his movies. Some of his official records were found in the National Archives, and a nine-page document that had remained classified until 2010 is in the Appendix. A full-name, place, and subject index adds to the value of this work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge J. 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Here's how to do it.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eLawrence of Arabia\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eCharlie Wilson's War\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt the height of World War II, two U.S. military intelligence officers meet near the Khyber Pass with a British agent. Their secret mission: to travel from Peshawar for 800 miles along the Indian-Afghan border, and thus to introduce America to the Great Game of Central Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis movie script is a documentary, based on the book, \u003cem\u003eProceed to Peshawar\u003c\/em\u003e. The Introduction tells of the evolution of this script from its beginning as a semi-fictional movie, \u003cem\u003eKhyber Pass\u003c\/em\u003e, to the true story of \u003cem\u003eThree Men in a Jeep\u003c\/em\u003e. The three men are sent with secret orders to travel from Peshawar, near the Khyber Pass, to Chitral and Quetta. Their trip takes them along the border of Afghanistan and India — now Pakistan. They are to learn how the British are keeping peace along the border. And with verbal, unwritten orders, they are to look for Soviet spies. This trip was the moment when the U.S. secretly entered the centuries-old contest known as the \"Great Game\" between Russia and Britain. They must learn about the ancient tribal customs, known as Pashtunwali. They must evade danger on mountain roads that are little more than donkey trails, with bandits on both sides, random crossfire by rifles and mortars, and bombs that drop \"harmlessly, but with good moral effect.\" They pass into the distant land of the Mehtar of Chitral, and they go to villages such as Miram Shah in Waziristan that are now totally off limits to Americans. They are the first ever to cross the Lowari Pass in a motor vehicle. They visit Mingora in Swat, where the fourteen-year old Nobel Prize winner, Malala, was shot in 2012.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Preface tells, in simple steps, how to use this book to make a movie from it. The Prologue tells of the people who have already helped to turn \u003cem\u003eProceed to Peshawar\u003c\/em\u003e into a movie. You will read of Harvey Rochman, whose idea it was to make \u003cem\u003eKhyber Pass\u003c\/em\u003e, and of the help given by Ed Asner, Kevin Connor, and Howard Kazanjian. The story then moves to Hollywood, where advice is given by Jonathan Sanger, Galen Walker, and Jim Steele. But \u003cem\u003eKhyber Pass\u003c\/em\u003e was not made into a movie. It was a wonderful project, but it lacked funding.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe plan for a movie then changed to become a documentary film, \u003cem\u003eThree Men in a Jeep\u003c\/em\u003e. It would still be a big project, but it could have a much smaller budget. Read it, and try it.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge J. 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As a geologist and navigator, she competed with men, and was more than their equal. As a singer and lecturer, she was respected and admired, moving her audiences to tears, always with perfect composure. A strong-willed but sensitive teacher for her own children and countless others - including those we now call 'Special,' because they are - she enriched many lives. In the last years of her life, she drew upon memories of events that touched her readers with her visions of past and future. Her poems and narratives are expressions of love and hope for us all.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssie Mae wrote four books: \"Prairie Daughter\"; \"Let Thy Handmaidens Speak\"; \"Flapper Fun: Other Stories and Poems\"; and \"Essie Mae's Cookbook, with Recipes from Family and Friends.\" Her four books are now out of print, but the editor selected the best of her stories and poems to be made available again in this single volume. \"Prairie Daughter\" and \"Let Thy Handmaidens Speak\" are reprinted here with only minor editorial changes. Some of the stories in \"Flapper Fun\" were omitted because they were originally published in \"Prairie Daughter\", and representative recipes are selected from her \"Cookbook.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis volume also includes some of Essie Mae's unpublished poems, and additional photographs which show some of the ways that Iowa life has changed in the past century.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEssie Mae Thompson Hill, author; George Hill, editor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2019, 8.5\" x 11\", paper, 266 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788458767\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-H5876\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":22451810304118,"sku":"101-H5876","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-h5876-1500px.png?v=1777214973"},{"product_id":"101-h3304","title":"The Home Front in World War II: From the Letters of Essie Mae Hill to Field Director Gerald L. Hill","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/101-h3305\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Rolling with Patton\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eRolling with Patton\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/101-h3304\" title=\"The Home Front\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Home Front\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e present the true story, in two volumes, of an American family in World War II. It is a bittersweet tale of the patriotism and dreams of a father and mother from Iowa and their two sons. The Hill family survived the war, although the ending was different than they expected. Gerald Hill volunteered for duty with the American Red Cross. He was away for eighteen months as the war in Europe came to a climax. He was there as a Red Cross Field Director, in combat, with the 303rd Regiment, 97th Division, of the American Army. Essie Mae Hill did her job on the home front. In spite of shortages and rationing, she kept their house warm, fed and clothed two rambunctious boys, and taught Navy pre-flight students. Gerald and Essie Mae Hill believed that what they were doing was historic, and they kept a careful record of it - in letters, photographs, documents and souvenirs. Many years after they died, their son discovered the items that they had preserved. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/101-h3305\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Rolling with Patton\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eRolling with Patton\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e is Gerald's story, which they planned to call \"A Red Cross Man in Europe.\" \u003ca href=\"\/products\/101-h3304\" title=\"The Home Front\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Home Front\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e takes readers to another side of the war, where Essie Mae and their sons did their jobs, while their Daddy was away.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge J. 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In order to tell the story, they carefully labeled and saved his photographs and the letters that they wrote to each other. However, after the war ended in Europe, Gerald Hill returned to America, and he was faced with the urgent need to find a job and a new home for his family. What he saw in the last two months of the war would be a difficult story to tell. Some of his friends were killed as they stood near him in battles in Germany. Others in his regiment, who he had known and helped, were killed, wounded, or captured. As he visited hospitals filled with horribly wounded men, he wondered: Would it have been better if some of them had died? He rarely spoke about the war after he returned to civilian life. This book is based on the letters and photographs that were discovered more than seventy years after the war ended.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge J. Hill, M.D., D.Litt., Captain, Medical Corps, USNR (ret.)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2020, 8.5\" x 11\", paper, index, 228 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788433054\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-H3305\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31806560272502,"sku":"101-H3305","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-h3305-1500px.png?v=1777214711"},{"product_id":"101-h0355","title":"War Letters, 1917-1918: From Dr. William T. Shoemaker, A.E.F, in France, and His Family in Philadelphia","description":"\u003cp\u003eWilliam Toy Shoemaker, M.D., was the most respected ophthalmologist in Philadelphia in 1917, and he was the senior eye surgeon at the Pennsylvania Hospital when the U.S. entered that Great War. The Pennsylvania Hospital was invited to form one of the first of the 500-bed Base Hospitals, and it was thus ready to go into action when war was declared on April 6, 1917. Designated Base Hospital No. 10, it was mobilized on May 15, 1917, and sailed to Europe. When he arrived in France, he wrote, \"The nearer we get to the theatre of war, the more horrible the whole thing becomes. We are now in it and you can bet we will all be glad to get out of it when it is over.\" Over the next twenty-one months, Base Hospital No. 10 at Le Treport, France, recorded that it received 47,811 wounded and sick, with 538 deaths. It buried six of its own staff members. This book is based on the handwritten letters that Dr. Shoemaker wrote to his wife and children, and the letters that they sent to him. To his wife, he was \"Dear Billy;\" he signed \"Bill\" in his letters to her. To his five children, who in 1917 ranged in age from twenty-one to fourteen, he was \"Father,\" \"Dad,\" \"Pa,\" or \"Daddy.\" Major Shoemaker was discharged from service at Hoboken, New Jersey, on December 30, 1918, having been in service for nineteen and one-half months. Very few, if any, letters such as these have previously been published from World War I, that were exchanged between an American serviceman and his wife and family.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge J. 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The quest for health has been to avoid illness, to treat disease and injuries, and to delay death. Humans were aware of the existence of a future, and this motivated them to search for health. They began with some qualities that were present in all animals, especially those that were enhanced in mammals. Humans found a unique advantage over all other animals when they discovered how to use fire. This enabled humans to do things that were impossible for other primates. Humans also discovered ways to make personal covering and weapons. With their use of fire, clothing, and weapons, it became possible for humans to control their environment, and to live anywhere on earth.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHealth Matters\u003c\/em\u003e takes the reader from what we all have, such as our body and mind, and the environment, to what we need - air, sun, and sleep. Hill's essay proceeds to add what he calls our urges: for water, food, shelter, and social connections. Hill discusses some of the unique aspects of humans, including the ability to domesticate animals. He lists our wants - for love and money - and he discusses the ways we look at death. The exceptions to the urges and wants are discussed, including those related to religion and irrational behavior. Hill traces the history of medicine from its start in hunter-gatherer communities in which one person, the healer-priest, would have the \"gift\" that was needed to provide for the group's health. Medicine developed from this early start into two paths. One was science and technology. The other was religion. Hill then takes the reader on a trip though human history, showing how good health or bad health has influenced decisions and outcomes, in individuals and in populations. He concludes with a discussion of historiography in science, religion, and medicine, as he affirms his argument that the search for health has been the driving force in human history. 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Some of his works were published during his lifetime, but at the time of his death at the age of forty-seven in 2004, he left many unpublished items, both in manuscript and in his computer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe title of his computer disc suggests that he intended to publish his collected poems under the title of \u003cem\u003eA Lesson in Reality\u003c\/em\u003e. This title is therefore used for this collection of his poems and essays. The longest poem in the collection is \"The Maker and the Poet.\" Hill planned to set this poem to music in the form of a cantata.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMost of the poems in this collection were undated, but they were probably written between 1991 and 1994. One was written in 1996, as a gift to his aunt Barbara (Zimmermann) Johnson, and one was written for his mother in 2000.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe poems and essays are divided into thematic sections for the convenience of the reader. They are generally presented within each section in the order that they were found in the poet's papers, although they were not arranged in chronological order.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDavid Hill enjoyed long trips on his bicycle and he often camped alone in the woods. All of this suddenly came to an end in 1994, when he tripped and fell against the sharp edge of a table. His carotid artery was bruised and he had a devastating stroke, which resulted in paralysis of his dominant left arm and severe disfunction of his left leg. His recovery was slow and incomplete, and he was depressed and suicidal. With help from others, he developed serenity, which is reflected in his poetry. He died in 2004 of complications from the stroke.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Hedgcock Hill; George J. Hill, M.D., editor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2022, 6\" x 9\", paper, 104 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788423963\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-H2396\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39668651720822,"sku":"101-H2396","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-h2396-1500px.png?v=1777214582"},{"product_id":"101-h4422","title":"Surgeon's Journey: A Venturesome Life","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist 2023 Indie Book Awards\u003cbr\u003e Finalist's Medal in the category of Memoirs (Career)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this book, Dr. George Hill recalls the story of his life, as a physician, historian, and teacher. He was also an adventurer, a Naval officer, and a father. In \u003cem\u003eSurgeon's Journey\u003c\/em\u003e, Hill takes the reader from his boyhood home in rural Iowa in 1932 to Baltimore, ninety years later. Along the way, Hill tells of his experiences as a student at Yale and Harvard Medical School, and of his early training as a surgeon in New York City and Boston. He becomes a thoracic surgeon and a cancer surgeon, and then professor and chairman of a surgery department. He was also, at the same time, a world-wide traveler and Naval officer. He was active in the Boy Scouts, and as a volunteer with the American Cancer Society and other non-profit organizations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHill then made a momentous decision. At the peak of his career in academic medicine, he decided to retire from surgery and begin a new career. At the age of sixty-four, he entered graduate school to become a historian. He has now written or edited more than twenty-five books. This memoir, \u003cem\u003eSurgeon's Journey: A Venturesome Life\u003c\/em\u003e, is intended to inspire others to follow their dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRead a \u003ca title=\"Review: Surgeon's Journey: A Venturesome Life\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mhsnj.org\/Reeds-Surgeons-Journey\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ereview of this book\u003c\/a\u003e from the Medical History Society of New Jersey.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge J. 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They began with some qualities that were present in all animals, especially those that were enhanced in mammals. Humans found a unique advantage over all other animals when they discovered how to use fire. This enabled humans to do things that were impossible for other primates. Humans also discovered ways to make personal covering and weapons. With their use of fire, clothing, and weapons, it became possible for humans to control their environment, and to live anywhere on earth.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHealth Matters\u003c\/em\u003e takes the reader from what we all have, such as our body and mind, and the environment, to what we need — for air, sun, and sleep. Then our urges: for water, food, shelter, and social connections. Some of the unique aspects of humans, including the ability to domesticate animals. Our wants —for love and money — and the ways we look at death. Exceptions to the urges and wants include religion and irrational behavior. The history of medicine began in hunter-gatherer communities in which one person, the healer-priest, had the \"gift\" that was needed to provide for the group's health. Medicine developed from this early start into two paths. One was science and technology. The other was religion. Hill then takes the reader on a trip through human history, showing how good health or bad health has influenced decisions and outcomes, in individuals and in populations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe author received the Distinguished Alumni Award in 2022 from the New Jersey Institute of Technology for the Scholar's Edition of Health Matters. He previously won prizes for Outpatient Surgery, Edison's Environment, and Proceed to Peshawar.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge J. 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The many facets of Dr. Hill's life include his simultaneous and overlapping careers, as a thoracic and oncological surgeon, and as a Naval medical officer, with 35 years in the uniformed services.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfter retiring from his academic career in medicine, Hill then embarked on a new career as a historian and writer. In this Postscript, we learn more about other aspects of his life as a scientist, adventurer, husband, and father. It is a life that he shared with his wife Lanie, now also a professor emeritus, who was also his partner in research and in his adventuresome life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge J. Hill, M.D., D.Litt.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2024, 6\" x 9\", paper, 734 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788429422\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-H2942\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40373440217206,"sku":"101-H2942","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-h2942-1500px.png?v=1777214663"},{"product_id":"101-h2778","title":"France Revisited: Paris, Rheims, and Genealogy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist in the 2024 Indie Book Awards in the Regional (Non-Fiction) Category\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn November 2023, Dr. Hill and his family took the opportunity to return to France. It was a trip to remember. The Hills - George and his wife, Lanie, and their daughters Sarah and Lana - had each been to France many years ago. And now, after the pandemic had passed, they took the opportunity to return. Their trip was planned to join others in tours to cathedrals in which the Kings of France had been crowned and where they had been buried. And to see historic churches in towns near Paris and Rheims. The Hills extended their stay to return to places that they had visited previously, and to other sites of interest. Versailles, Chartres, and the Champagne country. They would be in Paris on Armistice Day.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDr. Hill made notes for a diary of the trip, and he took many photographs. After he returned to his home in Baltimore, he edited the diary. This book is the result of his work. It is illustrated with his own photos, and some taken by others who were on the trip. The edited Diary includes a Prologue, a Trip Plan, and an Epilogue. Hill has published more than twenty-five books. They include textbooks on medical and surgical topics, books on history and genealogy, and a prize-winning memoir, \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Surgeon's Journey: A Venturesome Life\" href=\"\/products\/101-h4422\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSurgeon's Journey: A Venturesome Life\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge J. 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It continues with the history of my own adventures for nearly 35 years in the Uniformed Services — in the Marine Corps, the Public Health Service, and in Navy blue. I then look back on the service of others in my extended family over a period of 400 years. I remember others who I have known in uniformed service. In the final part, “On War,” I offer my reflections on the causes of war and of its consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is the latest book from a three-time winner of a Finalist’s Medal from Indie Book Awards.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge J. 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In the summer of 1954, I used an Agfa Single-Lens Reflex (SLR) camera to record my work on a cattle ranch in Montana. Those 35mm Kodachrome slides were preserved and they are the starting point for Part II of \u003cem\u003eSeven\u003c\/em\u003e. I used the same borrowed camera to record my experiences as a mountain climber in Canada in the summer of 1955. \u003cem\u003eSeven\u003c\/em\u003e begins with Part I, in which I recall places that I visited, or where I lived and worked, from my birth in Iowa in 1932 to 1954, when I was a student at Harvard Medical School. Part I also tells of my years as a student at Yale and of my two summers at Quantico with the U.S. Marine Corps. I purchased and used other cameras in the seven decades that are recorded in Part II. I took pictures using color and black and white film, and in recent years I found it convenient to record digital images. In the seven decades from 1954 to 2024, I traveled throughout the world, and I lived and worked in Massachusetts, Colorado, Missouri, West Virginia, New Jersey, and Maryland. \u003cem\u003eSeven\u003c\/em\u003e includes descriptions of places in twelve eastern states from Maine to Virginia, using words to describe what I saw instead of reproductions of my photographs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is the latest book from a three-time winner of a Finalist’s Medal from Indie Book Awards.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge J. 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