Last night I finished the 6th book in the Easton Island series by Hope Callaghan — Nothing But Clear Skies. It was a good read as are all of the Callaghan books I have read. This series is a bit different than “Garden Girls” and “Made in Savannah” but Callaghan’s writing style rings true — she is a straightforward writer, uses enough words to get her point across but isn’t lofty or too wordy. I like that. I recommend.
I am trucking right along on my reading challenge which is sort of a surprise to me as I fell behind pretty early in the year but I seem to be catching up.
I am awaiting the arrival of a copy of a book written by an ancestor, William Banta. It is about his 27 years on the Texas plains as a Texas Ranger. I sounds rather dry but I am going to try to get through it. The Banta side of my family was elusive for so many years that I really try to learn as much as I can when I get the opportunity. There was quite a bit of marriage between the Bantas and the indigenous people of the area and I am hoping to learn more about that as well, maybe there will be some mention of it in this book but not holding out much hope.
I discovered a mention of my 4th great grandmother being the daughter of an Osage woman and one of the Chouteau fur trappers. Up until now no parent names have been given to this 4th great grandmother so I am cautiously surprised and really curious. I might have to purchase the book about the Chouteaus. Never mind trying to downsize the library!
Well, today is a milestone birthday for Beanie. More on that later.
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Hopefully the book written by your ancestor turns out to be interesting and informative too.
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