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The Spirit of Villarosa

A Father’s Extraordinary Adventures; A Son’s Challenge

By: Horace Dade Ashton ,Marc Ashton,Libby J. Atwater

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The Spirit of Villarosa

A Father’s Extraordinary Adventures; A Son’s Challenge

By: Horace Dade Ashton ,Marc Ashton,Libby J. Atwater

When Marc Ashton was kidnapped at gunpoint in Haiti in 2001, he made two promises: he would escape his captors, and he would tell his father's amazing life story. His father, Horace Dade Ashton, was a founding member of the Explorers Club, "a gentlemen's club for adventurers and globe-trotting scientists." He showed his passion for adventure by visiting many perilous, yet captivating, corners of the world at a time when travel was not easy. Horace Ashton photographed the Wright brothers' first flight, traveled with Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft as their photographer, and documented the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Dubbed the "original Indiana Jones," Ashton shared his journeys through his countless lectures, films, prize-winning photographs, and writing. In 1940, Horace Ashton became the cultural attache to the U.S. embassy in Haiti and moved his young family to the island- He purchased Villarosa in 1953 and turned it into their magnificent family home. The Ashtons' life in Haiti was "exceptional, most unusual, and fascinating." The Spirit of Villarosa is a glorious account, of Horace Ashtons remarkable adventures-a fabulous story in itself-juxtaposed with Marc Ashton's own harrowing experience of being kidnapped by thugs, who clearly planned to kill him. In his struggle for survival, Marc recalls his father's advice and beliefs, which help him outwit his captors. The Spirit of Villarosa would make an exciting adventure novel; because it's a true story makes it all the more exhilarating. Book jacket.

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Hillcrest Publishing Group

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1634138473

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9781634138475

PEYTON, of England and Virginia

By: Rev. Horace Edwin Hayden

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PEYTON, of England and Virginia

By: Rev. Horace Edwin Hayden

Reverend Horace Edwin HAYDEN, continues to be the leading genealogist of the PEYTON family of Virginia. His celebrated book, "Virginia Genealogies," published in 1891, included a chapter on the PEYTON family: "PEYTON, 'of Iselham,' Cambridgeshire, England, Gloucester, and Westmoreland Counties, Virginia." The author closely followed the English PEYTON lines in the 1878 book "Genealogical Memoirs of the Extinct Family of Chester of Chicheley," by Robert E. Chester WATERS. One hundred seventeen years ago, when Reverend HAYDEN published the lineage and history of the PEYTON family of Virginia, his work was the most comprehensive and accurate in data, scope and material ever received. Since then, his extensive "Peyton" chapter in "Virginia Genealogies" has formed the basis of all succeeding published genealogies of the Peyton family.This scanned reprint will be a welcome and necessary resource for those studying the PEYTON family of Virginia. His acclaimed essay "Descent" is included.

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140

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Lulu.com

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1435753380

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9781435753389

Virginia Genealogies

A Genealogy of the Glassell Family of Scotland and Virginia

By: Horace Edwin Hayden

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Virginia Genealogies

A Genealogy of the Glassell Family of Scotland and Virginia

By: Horace Edwin Hayden

Facsimile reprint. Originally publshed: Wilkes-Barre, Pa., 1891.

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804

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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0806301740

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9780806301747

The Spirit of Villarosa: A Father's Extraordinary Adventures; A Son's Challenge

By: Horace Ashton,Marc Ashton

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The Spirit of Villarosa: A Father's Extraordinary Adventures; A Son's Challenge

By: Horace Ashton,Marc Ashton

When Marc Ashton was kidnapped, thoughts of his famous father, Horace Dade Ashton, filled his mind. The elder Ashton became a founding member of the Explorers Club, and showed his passion for adventure by visiting many perilous, yet captivating, corners of the world at a time when travel was not easy. Marc believed the key to his escape lay in his father’s exploits. Dubbed the “original Indiana Jones,” the elder Ashton shared his journeys through his countless lectures, films, prize-winning photographs, and writing. In 1940, he became the cultural attaché to the U.S. embassy in Haiti and moved his young family to the island, where they remained until 2001. The Spirit of Villarosa is a glorious account of Horace Ashton’s remarkable adventures juxtaposed with Marc Ashton’s own harrowing captivity by armed, drug-crazed thugs seeking a staggering ransom. The Spirit of Villarosa would make an exciting adventure novel; because it’s a true story makes it all the more exhilarating.

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Gordana Press

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163413849X

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9781634138499

The Spirit of Villarosa: A Father's Extraordinary Adventures; A Son's Challenge

By: Horace Ashton,Marc Ashton

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The Spirit of Villarosa

The Spirit of Villarosa

PEYTON, of England and Virginia

PEYTON, of England and Virginia

Virginia Genealogies

Virginia Genealogies

The Spirit of Villarosa: A Father's Extraordinary Adventures; A Son's Challenge

The Spirit of Villarosa: A Father's Extraordinary Adventures; A Son's Challenge

The Spirit of Villarosa: A Father's Extraordinary Adventures; A Son's Challenge

The Spirit of Villarosa: A Father's Extraordinary Adventures; A Son's Challenge

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