THE WIND OF DESTINY
"If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed. . ."
Defying the odds, theirs would be a faith to challenge lovers, as destiny spans the distance between them and weaves a master plan upon the lives they touch.
Colleen McFarland promises her dying father that their Kentucky plantation, Shushan, would continue its legacy, but when a dashing Rough Rider named Frank Smith steps into her life, suddenly her heart has a will of its own.
Amber McFarland finds herself in love with the worldly Samuel Sloan. Like the bibical Ruth, she leaves her kindred for the prairies of Colorado. Can Colleen sustain Shushan for Amber and her children if something should happen to Samuel?
An uncompleted will, a disgruntled in-law and a vindictive lawyer places the McFarland clan into the clutches of life's tangled web of deception and greed. Colleen realizes Frank is the only one who can save Shushan's legacy-- but will he?
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The gentle rolling hillsides still ring with their music, whether it is the moccasin footsteps of the first hunter, the boot-clad lumberjack or farmer, or the European tradition of riding to the hounds -- for here the panoramic view of the Lapeer area comes alive with heritage, horses and hills..
Learn about the oldest working courthouse in Michigan, the first non-profit broadcasting station, WMPC, and the European tradition of riding to the hounds.
Images of America The Lapeer Area includes treasured photographs of the last Nepessing Indian Chief, Peter Chatfield, world-famous children's author, Marguerite de Angeli, the legendary Nathanial Greene, and inventor Lloyd Copeman.
IMAGES OF AMERICA
THE LAPEER AREA
Legands about the Ottawa, Chippewa, and Nepessing Indians have left an indubitable mark upon the Lapeer Area. Streets, rivers, and towns sing out the melody of their ageless legacy, just as those first settlers of Lapeer left their footprints upon the towns and cities for generations to follow.
Like a comfortable rocker, the lyrics of hospitality linger, whispering of a way of life not easily left within the pages of a history book. Frugal, yet compassionate, these early pioneers shared their meager provisions and scant shelters with the tribes and wayward travelers alike. Lumberjacks sawed and farmers harvested their crops, threshed their grain, raised their barns, and worshipped together. Feuds never lasted and families never parted.
The Images of America series celebrates the hitory of neighborhoods, towns, and cities across the country. Using archival photographs, each title presents the distinctive stories from the past that shape the character of the community today.
Join me in this pictorial history of the Lapeer area and learn why a part of this 173-year-old city is still fondly remembered as Piety Hill.
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Jan 13 Borders Books, Flint MI
Jan 27, Barnes & Noble, Flint MI
Feb. 10 Barnes & Noble Saginaw 1-3 pm
March 1 Equine Gatherings 6 p.m.
March 30 Imlay City Christian School 9:45 a.m.
April 14 Family Christian Stores Flint, MI
April 21 Barnes & Noble Cin., Ohio
April 26 11:15 WAFF-TV Huntsville, AL.
April 26 Barnes & Noble Huntsville, AL.
April 27 9:00 a.m. Good Day Alabama Birm., AL WBRC-TV
April 27 11:30 a.m. Mid-Day Alabama WVTM-TV Birm. AL.
April 28 Barnes & Noble Birm., AL.
June 2 Literary Artist Reading Lapeer, MI.
June 7 Hadley Twp. Hall 7 p.m.
Is our destiny determined by coincidences and chances or an omnipotent God?
The Wind of Destiny is a story forgotten about on how the Southern part of the union rose out of the ashes of disgrace to become the Bible belt for this great nation.
The Wind of Destiny is more than just another novel about love. It is a story forgotten about in our modern-day love stories of passion, forgotten about in our world of television make believe.
The Wind of Destiny tells a spellbinding novel of love and death, an unforgettable story of the Old South.
"The Spaniards outnumbered us three to one. They swarmed on us like buzzards would a fresh carcass. I remember I let go of the reins, using both hands to fight. Then Joe's black screamed. It's an awful noise when you hear a beast as large as a horse cry out in pain. I fought my way through the smoke till I found him." Frank turned, his face drawn and tight with pain. "Joe was slit from stomach to thigh from a Spaniard's sword. I pushed his entrails back into his stomach and wrapped my belt around him, then pulled him to a nearby tree. I'll never forget his words. `I knew you'd come.' Frank signed, "That's all God gives us sometimes. A kind of sixth sense; no, it's more than that,`cause you can feel it. It's like the wind. You can't see it, you can only feel it. It bends the knees of the proudest man so he can feel the dirt again."
Like the wind that gently stirs the leaves yet breaks the mightiest of trees, Destiny weaves His master plan upon the lives He touches.
The people of Lapeer worked, voted and played together, creating a place of beauty for the generations they would never know. The Images of America The Lapeer Area is a must read for every American.
Family Christian Stores Flint
Woodside Bible Bookstore, Troy
Gallery 194, Lapeer
The Book Shelf, Lapeer
ReIteration inside The Mill, Almont
Amazing Grace Books, Imlay City
Barnes & Noble Bookstore in Flint, and Saginaw
Equine Gatherings, Metamora, MI
Borders Bookstore in Flint
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