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How Many Books Do You Read In A Year?
The average is 12 books a year, ...but an avid reader would read many more. Personally, I probably read 25 or more books a year. I can get totally immersed in the story setting,... I know it's a good book when that happens! ...when you really connect with the characters, feel what they feel, know how they think,... love with them, hate with them, laugh and cry with them! ...and always, I seem to learn from them!
Joshua Becker says, "Each time I read a new book, I am stretched as a person. I am forced to embrace a new thought and evaluate my life against it. I am taken to new places and enjoy conversations with new people. I am inspired, entertained, and invested into. I become a better person because of it… I just wish I did more of it."
Good Reasons to Read Books?
* It increases my breadth of knowledge. A world of knowledge and great inspiration can be found in books. We learn something from each book.
* It stimulates my creativity and stretches my mind, - makes you rediscover life and see the world in a new way.
* Reading offers us a wealth of idea, helps us learn from the past, and see the future through different eyes.
* Reading keeps you healthy! It is a great stress reliever, it stimulates the brain and has been proven to help prevent Alzheimer's disease and dementia, and insomnia.
* It's great entertainment! ...and much less expensive than other forms of recreation,... and much better than movies,... it gets you inside the heads of the characters to know what they are thinking,... something a movie can never capture!
Joshua Becker says, "Each time I read a new book, I am stretched as a person. I am forced to embrace a new thought and evaluate my life against it. I am taken to new places and enjoy conversations with new people. I am inspired, entertained, and invested into. I become a better person because of it… I just wish I did more of it."
Good Reasons to Read Books?
* It increases my breadth of knowledge. A world of knowledge and great inspiration can be found in books. We learn something from each book.
* It stimulates my creativity and stretches my mind, - makes you rediscover life and see the world in a new way.
* Reading offers us a wealth of idea, helps us learn from the past, and see the future through different eyes.
* Reading keeps you healthy! It is a great stress reliever, it stimulates the brain and has been proven to help prevent Alzheimer's disease and dementia, and insomnia.
* It's great entertainment! ...and much less expensive than other forms of recreation,... and much better than movies,... it gets you inside the heads of the characters to know what they are thinking,... something a movie can never capture!
Civil War Era NEW BEDFORD WHALING SHIP - The Lady Grey
FREEDOM CALLING: A Civil War Slave Escapes By Sea
Book by Dana Vacca
BOOK HIGHLIGHTS - Lady Grey (Ship)
The beautiful sailing barque, Lady Grey, underway with nearly full sail, her hull cuts gracefully through the water toward New Bedford.
Like many whaling and merchant ships of her day, she had "painted on" gun ports (only two were real), so that, from a distance, she had the look of a "ship of the line" and would be thought to be carrying a row of cannon along her larboard and starboard sides. However, this did not insure safety as a privateer captain worth his salt had every ship he had ever seen etched into his memory,... by the line of her hull, the configuration of her masts and sails, - and most often knew which battlements were feigned and which were real!
See pics on my FACEBOOK BLOG: https://www.facebook.com/CivilWarHist...
Freedom Calling: A Civil War Slave Escapes By Sea
Book by Dana Vacca
BOOK HIGHLIGHTS - Lady Grey (Ship)
The beautiful sailing barque, Lady Grey, underway with nearly full sail, her hull cuts gracefully through the water toward New Bedford.
Like many whaling and merchant ships of her day, she had "painted on" gun ports (only two were real), so that, from a distance, she had the look of a "ship of the line" and would be thought to be carrying a row of cannon along her larboard and starboard sides. However, this did not insure safety as a privateer captain worth his salt had every ship he had ever seen etched into his memory,... by the line of her hull, the configuration of her masts and sails, - and most often knew which battlements were feigned and which were real!
See pics on my FACEBOOK BLOG: https://www.facebook.com/CivilWarHist...
Freedom Calling: A Civil War Slave Escapes By Sea
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Freedom Calling: A Civil War Slave Escapes By Sea
Freedom Calling - Celia goes to a Civil War Contraband Camp
Book: Freedom Calling - Book Highlights
Civil War Contraband Camps
Many slaves left plantations, some were freed others just fled. They headed north toward Union lines.
Bounty hunters sought out these African-Americans to bring them back to masters or to sell them to right back into slavery.
The Union decided to set up contraband camps not long after the war began. In these camps, African-Americans could be protected and live more safely, although often beyond the boundaries of the camps bounty hunters lurked ready to abduct stragglers!
One such camp was Springdale, formerly called Arlington. It was located on the confiscated estate of General Robert E. Lee. Huge numbers of African-Americans flocked to Springdale, and housing them all was difficult. Some groups were lived in the available buildings, but most had to make due with tents and lean-to's as the numbers of residents increased quickly. Springdale was just one of many such camps that were spread all across the border states, and all soon became overcrowded.
Many of the northern states set up Freedmen's societies. They shipped clothing, shoes, and food to the camp to help the newly freed slaves, as most of them arrived with only the clothing they wore on their backs. Volunteers also set up schools at the camps and held classes to teach children and adults how to read and write. They were very eager to learn! Celia volunteered as a teacher at Springdale.
GO to my FACEBOOK Book Page to see pics of a Virginia camp: https://www.facebook.com/CivilWarHist...
Freedom Calling: A Civil War Slave Escapes By Sea
Civil War Contraband Camps
Many slaves left plantations, some were freed others just fled. They headed north toward Union lines.
Bounty hunters sought out these African-Americans to bring them back to masters or to sell them to right back into slavery.
The Union decided to set up contraband camps not long after the war began. In these camps, African-Americans could be protected and live more safely, although often beyond the boundaries of the camps bounty hunters lurked ready to abduct stragglers!
One such camp was Springdale, formerly called Arlington. It was located on the confiscated estate of General Robert E. Lee. Huge numbers of African-Americans flocked to Springdale, and housing them all was difficult. Some groups were lived in the available buildings, but most had to make due with tents and lean-to's as the numbers of residents increased quickly. Springdale was just one of many such camps that were spread all across the border states, and all soon became overcrowded.
Many of the northern states set up Freedmen's societies. They shipped clothing, shoes, and food to the camp to help the newly freed slaves, as most of them arrived with only the clothing they wore on their backs. Volunteers also set up schools at the camps and held classes to teach children and adults how to read and write. They were very eager to learn! Celia volunteered as a teacher at Springdale.
GO to my FACEBOOK Book Page to see pics of a Virginia camp: https://www.facebook.com/CivilWarHist...
Freedom Calling: A Civil War Slave Escapes By Sea
Freedom Calling - Dismal Swamp Legends - BIG JAKE
FREEDOM CALLING - Book Highlights
Character - "Big Jake"
The Great Dismal Swamp on the Virginia - North Carolina border has been surrounded with legend and myth as long as anyone can remember, and the stories run the gamut from the divine to the demonic. It had once been thought to be the miraculous and elusive Fountain of Youth, as its water was very pure and thought to have healing properties. It also was thought to be the dwelling place of cannibal witches and red-eyed demons, and that hidden somewhere in its murky, wet expanse, was a portal to hell.
The earliest known legend was handed down from the Native American Nottoway and Meherrin tribes and describes how the swamp was created. The legend tells about a Great Phoenix, the firebird. Its eyes like hot coals and its fiery wings big enough to blot out the sun. It flew low to the earth and its wings set fire to the land. Where the great bird nested, a hole was burned into the ground. That deep bowl became Lake Drummond, at the center of the swamp. The area cooled, and the scorched depression that remained around the lake became the Great Dismal Swamp.
There is another tale of the Dismal originating from the early antebellum era preceding the Civil War. It is the legend of Big Jake, giant of a man who stood seven foot-two and weighed over three hundred and fifty pounds. No one knew where Big Jake came from. It is supposed that he was born in the swamp to an escaped slave who had sought refuge there. Jake worked for the logging company and lived in the swamp. He had no last name and could not read or write, but he had a heart that was bigger than he was. He most always had a smile on his face.
Jake loved three things, Jesus, cutting timber, and making wood carvings of all the creatures that dwelt in the swamp. He was a very gifted artist and his carvings were exquisite! He would spend hours whittling scrap cedar and cypress into bear, raccoons, deer, cougar and other native wildlife. He captured every nuance and detail,… including the spirit of each animal. He gave his creations to friends and neighbors. After he died, woodsmen who went into the swamp to cut timber would sometimes find a little wooden statue at the base of a tree, - placed where they would certain to see it. To this day, it is said that campers and hikers continue to find similar wooden carvings on the paths around the outer rim of the swamp.
The legend of “Big Jake” was an inspiration in the development of one of the characters in Freedom Calling.
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Freedom Calling: A Civil War Slave Escapes By Sea
Character - "Big Jake"
The Great Dismal Swamp on the Virginia - North Carolina border has been surrounded with legend and myth as long as anyone can remember, and the stories run the gamut from the divine to the demonic. It had once been thought to be the miraculous and elusive Fountain of Youth, as its water was very pure and thought to have healing properties. It also was thought to be the dwelling place of cannibal witches and red-eyed demons, and that hidden somewhere in its murky, wet expanse, was a portal to hell.
The earliest known legend was handed down from the Native American Nottoway and Meherrin tribes and describes how the swamp was created. The legend tells about a Great Phoenix, the firebird. Its eyes like hot coals and its fiery wings big enough to blot out the sun. It flew low to the earth and its wings set fire to the land. Where the great bird nested, a hole was burned into the ground. That deep bowl became Lake Drummond, at the center of the swamp. The area cooled, and the scorched depression that remained around the lake became the Great Dismal Swamp.
There is another tale of the Dismal originating from the early antebellum era preceding the Civil War. It is the legend of Big Jake, giant of a man who stood seven foot-two and weighed over three hundred and fifty pounds. No one knew where Big Jake came from. It is supposed that he was born in the swamp to an escaped slave who had sought refuge there. Jake worked for the logging company and lived in the swamp. He had no last name and could not read or write, but he had a heart that was bigger than he was. He most always had a smile on his face.
Jake loved three things, Jesus, cutting timber, and making wood carvings of all the creatures that dwelt in the swamp. He was a very gifted artist and his carvings were exquisite! He would spend hours whittling scrap cedar and cypress into bear, raccoons, deer, cougar and other native wildlife. He captured every nuance and detail,… including the spirit of each animal. He gave his creations to friends and neighbors. After he died, woodsmen who went into the swamp to cut timber would sometimes find a little wooden statue at the base of a tree, - placed where they would certain to see it. To this day, it is said that campers and hikers continue to find similar wooden carvings on the paths around the outer rim of the swamp.
The legend of “Big Jake” was an inspiration in the development of one of the characters in Freedom Calling.
SEE PICS on FACEBOOK BOOK PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/CivilWarHist...
BUY BOOK NOW at AMAZON: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...
Freedom Calling: A Civil War Slave Escapes By Sea
Freedom Calling - Civil War - Lee's Surrender & Lincoln's Death Only 6 Days Apart!
FREEDOM CALLING - Book Highlights
PRESIDENT LINCOLN was shot just 6 DAYS after GENERAL LEE'S surrender at Appomattox!
Did John Wilkes Booth figure to put America into chaos? Give the Confederates a chance to rally in the turmoil?
Even though Vice President Andrew Johnson was sworn in the morning after Lincoln's death, Johnson's ideas were not completely in alignment with those of President Lincoln.
With Lincoln dead would the whole of the Confederacy even honor Lee's surrender? Remember Lee said he was surrendering the Army of Northern Virginia. Confederate General Johnston was still down south, and still fighting!
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Freedom Calling: A Civil War Slave Escapes by Sea
PRESIDENT LINCOLN was shot just 6 DAYS after GENERAL LEE'S surrender at Appomattox!
Did John Wilkes Booth figure to put America into chaos? Give the Confederates a chance to rally in the turmoil?
Even though Vice President Andrew Johnson was sworn in the morning after Lincoln's death, Johnson's ideas were not completely in alignment with those of President Lincoln.
With Lincoln dead would the whole of the Confederacy even honor Lee's surrender? Remember Lee said he was surrendering the Army of Northern Virginia. Confederate General Johnston was still down south, and still fighting!
See Pics: https://www.facebook.com/CivilWarHist...
BOOK Link: https://amzn.to/2M9iPNb
Freedom Calling: A Civil War Slave Escapes by Sea
Freedom Calling - The Lady Grey Asea
Sailing on a tall ship is a wonderful experience. There is no feeling like it! The ship has a presence all her own, from the way her bow cuts the sea, the feel of her deck under your feet, the music of her rigging in the wind, the way she shrugs a rough sea off her beam... Some ships have a spirit, a soul, and to be aboard one like that is to know majesty.
The Lady Grey is such a ship.
Book Excerpts - The Lady Grey
"The ship pressed on towards New Bedford with all canvas up - at full sail. Close-hauled, we were making good speed. Always present, like my own breath, was the sound of the blue-violet sea whishing along the sides of the great wooden ship like liquid silk, as heeled over with the wind on her quarter, the Lady Grey softly cut her path north."
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Freedom Calling: A Civil War Slave Escapes by Sea
The Lady Grey is such a ship.
Book Excerpts - The Lady Grey
"The ship pressed on towards New Bedford with all canvas up - at full sail. Close-hauled, we were making good speed. Always present, like my own breath, was the sound of the blue-violet sea whishing along the sides of the great wooden ship like liquid silk, as heeled over with the wind on her quarter, the Lady Grey softly cut her path north."
See pics on Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/CivilWarHist...
Book http://amzn.to/2MfiMiW
Paperback and Kindle
Freedom Calling: A Civil War Slave Escapes by Sea
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Freedom Calling: A Civil War Slave Escapes by Sea
Freedom Calling A Civil War Slave Escapes By Sea
FREEDOM CALLING is a page-turner packed with action, emotion, romance and adventure - vibrantly painted with powerful characters, vivid imagery and factual details of the Civil War era.
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