From The Ashes Of 391

In many ways, life for Allen Brady began on a 1954 afternoon when his childhood home in Hope Hull, Alabama erupted in flames and burned to the ground. He was four years old. The family home was rebuilt and given the address of 391. In 1974, he experienced another rebirth while in the military in Okinawa-that was the year he married Yoko. Her address included 391, which was eerily similar to his own. In this memoir, Brady recalls the series of events that brought him from Alabama to a faraway island where the course of his life was set. He begins with memories of a small farm existence complete with a mule and wagon (no car and no television). While white, he was taught by his parents to respect everyone no matter the color of their skin in this racially segregated state. Join the author as he looks back at his life's unexpected turns, his involvement in Vietnam as part of the Army Security Agency, and what it meant to be a "research operator" working under a cloak of secrecy.

Charles Dewey is dead. His beloved daughter, Alma May Dewey, runs Bon Marche. Under her firm control, the stud farms and racing string are even more successful that Charles could have hoped. But the 1850s are an unsettled time. Even the illustrious Deweys cannot ignore the debates over states' rights and slavery--especially when the stories are carried on the front pages of their own newspapers. The fires of the Civil War will reach even the pillared portico of Bon Marche. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.