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The Land of Promise
The Land of Promise
The Land of Promise
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High school and college text books tell us about Kings, Emperors, Dictators, Generals, Presidents and crooked politicians who make sure that those who write history give them full credit for what they did and said and their heroic nature.


One of the reasons we study history is to learn about the nature of mankind so as to be able to predict his behavior. But to study history based only on those mentioned above, tells us little about mankind, how he thinks, his behavior and how he affects History.


To accomplish this, I have collected information based on letters, family trees and oral histories. This has enabled me to create a story beginning with a man and a woman in 1763 and ending two generations later after wars, depressions, panics, epidemics, corrupt politicians and human frailties in 1843.


LanguageEnglish
PublisherAuthorHouse
Release dateApr 7, 2011
ISBN9781456736842
The Land of Promise
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Billy Krieg

I spent many years teaching History and English in secondary schools in Riverside, California, the American School in London, England, Riverside Junior College and Eastern College in Baltimore, Maryland. I have written for the Colorado Springs newspaper and for Cowboy magazine. But I have never taken the time to write a book. The political economics of the United States have always interested me so much that I ran for U.S. Congress in 1956. Having followed the nations political events closely since the thirties and serving in WWII, I have developed a political economic philosophy that allows me to perceive the patterns and predict coming trends much of the time. But instead of writing a boring treatise I decided to write a realistic piece of fiction that through the eyes and experience of the common man would reflect the flaws in the behavior of the political and cultural leaders. Having been born and raised on a ranch without electricity or running water, I can relate to pioneers who farmed with horses and oxen. In addition, my extended family consisted of many old-timers, including my great grandfather, born in 1836. As a child, their stories and experiences filled many a long winter evening. I have written three novels, each covering two generations of the Carter family, over a 100 year period. This is the first book "The Land of Promise". The other two are forthcoming. I am only able to write in the winter months as I live and work in Washington State, where I raise sheep and chickens and help my wife in her Nursery business. I have returned to my origins and can reflect on the future course of America for my third novel that ends in 2056. However, we do have electricity and running water.

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