Simpson offers a biography of her mother, one of the first female journalists in New Mexico who was known for her informative, influential, and inspiring writing.
Medical science has determined that the human body was meant to live 120 years--the exact number of years God stated in Genesis 6:3: ." . . his days shall be an hundred and twenty years." We can maintain continued health and youth to the end of life, even if that might be 120 years or more. We can be elderly without being senile, weak, sick, disabled or infirm. Being old in years does not mean one must be infirm in body and mind. The Blood of Christ paid the price for our sins on the cross; and He also paid for our diseases when he endured the cruel lashes of the whip. There is a Fountain provided by Jesus Christ for the cleansing of our sins and for our healing. It is God's desire that we be well until the day He calls us home. Illness and infirmity come from the enemy, not from God. Trusting that Christ paid it all, we can maintain good health all of our lives, no matter how many years we accumulate. Miracles still happen today. Sometimes they occur under a doctor's care, sometimes at a Christian evangelistic meeting, and sometimes they occur quietly in your home. Believe God for your miracle and you may receive it according to His will.
Simpson offers a biography of her mother, one of the first female journalists in New Mexico who was known for her informative, influential, and inspiring writing.
Amongst the brave pioneers who came by ship, then by wagon or by horseback looking for a new life in the New World, were doctors. Doctors who came seeking a salubrious climate, seeking a richer life, seeking to serve those courageous souls whose homes in Europe were to be exchanged for the unknown in the New World. The Spanish padres (priests) hoped to show the Native Americans the way of salvation; the doctors came with them, hoping to show them all the way of health. Whether treating patients on the Oregon Trail, in forts, small towns, or a remote cabin, a physician took his skills where they were needed. Early diseases included bilious fever, which often assumed a typhoid character; pleurisy, pneumonia, and scurvy; and there were other ailments due to exposure to weather, improper or insufficient food, and over-exertion. Wounds inflicted by Indians, smallpox epidemics, and gunshot wounds also took their toll. Later, small town doctors had to battle Scarlet fever, cholera, diphtheria, measles, whooping cough, typhoid, tuberculosis, and many other illnesses. Most frontier doctors carried firearms along with their medical bags and they dedicated their lives to helping others. Chapters include: Doctors in New Spain, Wagon Train Doctors, Doctors at Forts, Gunfighters' Doctors, Small Town Doctors, Country Doctors, and A Missionary Doctor. Each chapter ends with a list of references. A bibliography adds to the value of this work.
Elizabeth Brown, "Quatie," a full blood Cherokee of the Bird Clan, was born in 1791 in the southern Appalachian Mountains of what is now Tennessee. Quatie became a wife, a mother, a helper to her husband -- John Ross, Chief of the Cherokees, and First Lady of the Cherokee Nation. The Cherokee Nation of her time was the largest and most progressive of all the Native American tribes. The Cherokees had their own schools, their own postal system, and their own newspaper, The Cherokee Phoenix (established in 1828). They built Christian churches, schools and houses; planted fields and orchards, kept herds of beef cattle, manufactured cloth, built roads, and operated taverns and ferries. They had a system of laws which were enforced by peace officers and native courts. In 1828, the Cherokee Nation adopted a written constitution and established a government with a legislature, courts, and an executive branch. Quatie was born in a world where the Cherokee culture and the white culture met and lived in peace together for a time. Unfortunately, the new-comers lusted for the Cherokee's land, which caused the peace between the two cultures to be short lived. Chapters include: Growing Up in the Land of "The Real People;" The Story of Quatie's People; Losses; Wife of a Chief; Chief John Ross, "The Indian Prince;" The "First Lady" of the Cherokees; Peaceful Protests; "The Place Where They Cried;" A Mother's Love; A Soldier's Midnight Vigil; and, A New Hope. An appendix and a bibliography add to the value of this work.
Downed near enemy lines, a photographic reconnaissance pilot with an eye for detail describes tranquil beauty in China, fearing for survival of its courageous people. S2455HB - $17.00
Dorothy Fujita-Rony’s The Memorykeepers: Gendered Knowledges, Empires, and Indonesian American History, examines the importance of women's memorykeeping, for two Toba Batak women whose twentieth-century histories span Indonesia and the United States, H.L.Tobing and Minar T. Rony.
Discover that God is ever faithful, even when you're up to your ears in a world of hot water. Gifted storyteller, speaker and humorist Linda Shepherd shares intimate stories about her life's lessons in faith--lessons that can't be learned from listening to a sermon. In this cheerful yet moving book, Linda relates experiences from her marriage, children and family that gave her a special brand of faith that helped her triumph over life's difficulties.
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