The epic account of the life of Beverly Bethany Quinn. A most incredible life and tragic end begins in 1915 as BB Quinn receives a call from the British Crown saying she is in possession of a cache of arms stored in her sugar mill warehouse in Cuba. An era she thought long past is resurrected in the last “special cargo” shipment to England to aid the allies in WWI. In preparation for the trip, she re-reads her mother’s and Dr. Perkins diaries which brings us to that fate-filled day in 1863 and takes us on a journey we will never forget…

By Accident of Birth

Literature & Fiction

Simmons, Thomas E.

Genre Fiction

Touchpoint Press

Chronicles the adventures of a merchant seaman who was captured by the enemy in World War II, escaped from a labor camp, and traveled from the Soviet Union to freedom in England

Escape from Archangel: An American Merchant Seaman at War

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

Univ Pr of Mississippi

Traces the life of the Black American aviator and recounts his exploits during the Italian invasion of Ethiopia, on behalf of the Emperor Haile Selassie

The Brown Condor: The True Adventures of John C. Robinson

Bartleby Pr

Fort Ringgold: A Brief Tour

History

Americas

Pan Amer Univ Pr

By Accident of Birth (The Quinn Saga)

United States

Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.

<div>A young man journeys from rural Mississippi to the battlefields of WWI to discover his family's bloody legacy in this sequel to By Accident of Birth. On May 7, 1915, the passenger ship RMS Lusitania was sunk by a German U-Boat. Among the many casualties was Beverly Bethany Quinn, an American woman whose entire life was marked by the forces of bloodshed. For Ansel Quinn, the single event holds a grim double meaning. With his beloved aunt gone, he is the last of his family line. And now his country is on the brink of joining the war overseas. When Ansel discovers his Aunt Bethany's diary, the shocking revelations within set him on an epic quest for family honor and self-discovery. President Wilson had vowed to keep America out of another war. Ansel had sworn to serve his country. Fate's cards trumped them all. From the American South to the trenches of Verdun, nothing will ever be the same again.</div>

The Last Quinn Standing (The Quinn Saga)

<div>In the third volume of the Quinn family saga, Ansel Quinn is caught in an international scandal with reverberations across two world wars. In 1916, the world waits with bated breath to see if the United States will enter the Great War raging in Europe. Meanwhile, President Wilson campaigns for reelection on his record of keeping America out of the fray. Caught in the middle is Maj. Ansel Quinn of Mississippi, assigned to the French army headquarters in Paris as a neutral observer. At home, Ansel's wife, Isabel, has been left to manage the family's cotton plantation in Mississippi as well as their sugar plantation in Cuba. It is a trial to be without her husband, but only the beginning of the hardships she will face. When Ansel is wounded on the frontlines of the Somme--far from where any neutral observer should be--it sets off international intrigue that could change the course of history. In No Promise for Tomorrow, the Quinn family struggles across the decades between World War I and World War II--a period that includes the influenza epidemic, the Roaring Twenties, prohibition, and the Great Depression.</div>

No Promise for Tomorrow (The Quinn Saga)

When the Lusitania is torpedoed and sunk, taking with it his beloved aunt, Beverly Bethany Quinn, Ansel Quinn finds he is the last of his family line. Her diary, coupled with Europe on the brink of WWI, sets off a chain of events, sending Ansel on an epic quest for honor and self. Wilson had vowed to keep America out of another war. Ansel had sworn to serve his country. Fate’s cards trumped them all. From rural Mississippi to the trenches of Verdun, no one is who they say they are, nor will anything ever be the same again.

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

World War II was the defining event of the twentieth century. For everyone it was a time of confusion, fear, destruction, and death on a scale never before seen. Much has been written of the generals, campaigns, and battles of the war, but it was young, ordinary American kids who held our freedom in their hands as they fought for liberty across the globe. Forgotten Heroes of World War II offers a personal understanding of what was demanded of these young heroes through the stories of rank-and-file individuals who served in the navy, marines, army, air corps, and merchant marine in all theaters of the war. Their tales are told without pretense or apology. At the time, each thought himself no different from those around him, for they were all young, scared, and miserable. They were the ordinary, the extraordinary—the forgotten.

Forgotten Heroes of World War II: Personal Accounts of Ordinary Soldiers―Land, Sea, and Air

Taylor Trade Publishing

A story of naval battles in fire and ice and a merchant seaman's flight to freedom from Soviet captivity during World War II

UNIVERSITY PRESS OF MISSISSIPPI

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By Accident of Birth

Escape from Archangel: An American Merchant Seaman at War

The Brown Condor: The True Adventures of John C. Robinson

Fort Ringgold: A Brief Tour

By Accident of Birth (The Quinn Saga)

The Last Quinn Standing (The Quinn Saga)

No Promise for Tomorrow (The Quinn Saga)

The Last Quinn Standing (The Quinn Saga)

Forgotten Heroes of World War II: Personal Accounts of Ordinary Soldiers―Land, Sea, and Air

Escape from Archangel: An American Merchant Seaman at War