The ninth and final volume of A BRASHEAR FAMILY HISTORY, this book deals with James Brazier, of Cumberland Co, NC 140 pp); with descendants of Philip Brashear, 1727-1797 (185 pp); with Brashear(s) West of Mississippi (60 pp); with additions and corrections (138 pp); with Non-Brashear families (70 pp) and Index (78 pp). The book is 693 pages, contains over 10,000 names, about 50 B/W photos, and document scans.
Descendants of Basil Brashear, b. 1714: Martha (Brashears) Morrow of Mecklenburg Co, NC; Robert Boshears of Scott and Campbell Co, TN; William and Sarah Brashear of Spartanburg Co, SC; William Brashear of Adair Co, MO; Ithra Brashears of Crawford Co, IL; and Jeremiah Beshears of Hopkins and Christian Co, KY.
The saga of Cynthia Ann Parker is well known to historians of the Texas frontier and readers of historical fiction. Kidnapped from Parker's Fort near Mexia by raiding Comanches in 1836, she was completely assimilated into the Noconi band. She married tribal leader Peta Nocona and bore him two sons, Quanah and Pecos, and a daughter, Toh-Tsee-Ah. Late in 1860, she and toddler Topsannah (as the whites called her) were recaptured by Texas Rangers and returned to "civilization" and the extended Parker clan. Cynthia Ann never adapted to white culture. She was shunted from one Parker family to another, living in constant grief and doubt—about herself and her daughter and about the fate of her Comanche family still on the prairies. Convinced she was a captive of the Texans, Cynthia Ann was determined to escape to the high plains and the Comanche way. The Parkers neither cared for nor understood Cynthia Ann's obsession with returning to her homeland and her people. Charles Brashear's thoroughly researched and vividly realistic novel, Killing Cynthia Ann, tells the story as it might have happened and turns it into a compelling and unforgettable drama. “Basing his fictional speculation on a careful reading of the historical record, Brashear chronicles the heartbreaking descent into despair of a proud woman who could not forget her warrior husband and two sons. . . [The public] will appreciate this engrossing novel, which can also supply a personal perspective to supplement history texts.”--Library Journal
Charles Wayman Brashear was born October 5, 1928 in Brownwood, Texas. He grew up during the years of the Great Depression and World War II. When he graduated from high school, he joined the U.S Air Force and served for thirteen years.When God called him into the Gospel ministry, he completed his BA Degree at Midwestern University in Wichita Falls, Texas and his BD and MDiv Degrees from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. He retired from missionary and pastoral ministries in 2001. He wrote three volumes of memoirs of a Grandfather and three novels including Roby and the Two Minute Miracle, Roby's call, and The Pastor of Carrington Gap.Although the novels are fiction and the character factious, many of the episodes in the stories are influenced by actual life experiences. He is now Pastor Emeritus of the Cottonwood Baptist Church near Lorena, Texas.
Collected poems, by Charles Brashear. Individual poems have appeared in various magazines, such as Denver Quarterly, "Returning the Gift" (anthology of the 1st NativeAmerican WordCraft conference); Pacific Review; Roundup; etc. The poetic sensibility is modern, rather than avant garde. Brashear, an emeritus professor of English, is listed in Who's Who in America. He has published 20 books. Poetry is the little crutch that lets us limp where admission is denied us. By means of it, we feast on life's orchards, where farmers think we steal their plums.
Charles Wayman Brashear was born October 5, 1928 in Brownwood, Texas. He grew up during the days of the Great Depression and World War II. When he graduated from high school, he joined the U.S. Air Force and served for thirteen years.When God called him into the Gospel ministry, he completed his BA Degree at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas and his BD and MDiv Degrees from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. He retired from missionary and pastoral ministries in 2001. He wrote three volumes of Memoirs of a Grandfather and four novels including, Roby and the Two-Minute Miracle, Roby's High Calling, The Pastor at Carrington Gap and Roby and the Bandit's Cove.Although the novels are fiction and the characters factious, many of the episodes in the stories are influenced by actual life experiences. He is now Pastor Emeritus of the Cottonwood Baptist Church near Lorena, Texas.
This book is about Basil and Middleton Brashears and their (possible) Brashears, Breshears, Beshears, Boshears, and other descendants in Lawrence Co, Tennessee; Benton, Polk, and neighboring counties, Missouri; the Boise area of Idaho; the Okanagan Valley in Washington; eastern Oklahoma; and a few other places. The family story is that when a group of brothers, cousins, and nephews left Lawrence Co, TN, in the 1830s, each of them changed one letter in their surname. The sons of John Brashears, Sr (married Mary Berry) kept the old spelling. The sons of Henry Brashears, Sr (married Eleanor Hardin) changed to Breshears. A brother who moved to Arkansas, William Arthur Brashears (m. Anna Etheridge) changed his surname to Breashears. A nephew in Arkansas, Berry Brashears (married Anna ____) changed his name to Boshears. The three cousins in Benton, Polk, and Hickory County went by Middleton Brashears, Nathan Turner Breshears, and Alexander Brashears. Some of the descendants of the oldest brother, Basil Brashears, Sr, used Beshears, Boshears, and Brashears as their surname. Visit my website WWW.CharlesBrashear.com for a complete table of contents. ISBN 0-933362-17-X $40 (40% commercial discount).
Saving Sand, Stories of a Prairie Culture During The Great Depression, is a story cycle, almost a novel, ...and written in the form of connected short stories, several of which have appeared in literary journals. The book follows my family from Jan 1934 when we moved to Olton in the Texas panhandle to Feb 1942, when the family left the farm to seek work in the shipyards in California. At the beginning of the period, life on the prairie was pretty much like it had been since greatgrandpas time; at the end, prairie culture had vanished
Doe-in-the-Dawn, half-blood Koru Indian and widow of a Caucasian, becomes an activist as a result of the "Red Power" invasion of Alcatraz in 1969 and embarks on a campaign to Indianize her grandson Georgie, who is a teacher.
Literary stories have structure, are created with imagination, and provide meaning and enjoyment for the reader. Learn the process of story telling; improve your writing skills; and write great literary stories that are significant and memorable.
Elements of the Short Story is a Modernist's approach to the short story rather than an avant garde or post-modernist's view. One of the primary aspects of Modernism was the belief in cause and effect. The modernist believes that behavior is caused and that we can discover and present the motivations behind behavior, in rich, sensory detail. A modernist short story is built on two cause-and-effect sequences: from the opening conflict or problem to the climax, and from the climax to the close and clincher. The Modernist, like his/her predecessors for 2,500 years, believes that these cause-and-effect sequences can be meaningful and that a story can present a theme that has philosophical and/or psychological meaning. The book sets out to delineate the building blocks, the elements of the short story. The components of experience are always character, scene, and incident, whether you're in fantasy-land, distant stars, or right here at home. The book details many fundamental aspects of character and character- ization; plot and plotting, including scenario; basic style; pacing; the writer's authority; point-of-view; credibility. It analyzes and illustrates typical strategies in building the rising action, building the climax; building the close and its clincher. A short story is not a stunted novel, nor is a novel an overgrown short story. Elements of the Short Story takes the position that the short story is an art form in its own right, with the potential for considerable aesthetic achievement.
Book of the Damned, Lo!, Wild Talents, New Lands. Greatest compilation of data: flying saucers, strange disappearances, inexplicable data not recognized by science. Painstakingly documented.
Doe-in-the-Dawn, half-blood Koru Indian and widow of a Caucasian, becomes activist as a result of the "Red Power" invasion of Alcatraz in 1969. She pressures her grandson, Charlie Stonecrist, who teaches school in their town, Colusa, CA, to join the Indians of All Tribes on the island. Charlie loves his grandmother dearly and would do almost anything for her, almost anything-- except "become an Indian." The book is about Granny's campaign to Indianize Charlie, which includes arts and crafts activities, the tribe's history, settlement of the town, a lawsuit in Federal Court, Charlie's unconventional vision quest on Onolai, the sacred mountain, and a fund-raiser for the invaders of Wounded Knee.
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