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Just Released Click to purchase on Amazon In the aftermath of the Indigenous Residential Schools we have the controversy of "Truth and Reconciliation." Author, George McNeish, starts with a discussion of that controversy and expands it to the world.
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World Reconciliation takes a look at the Indigenous Residential Schools and how the descendants of the survivors of this horrendous institution are now leading the fight to reconcile the world.
Moving the Fugitive Slave Chapel of London, OntarioDocumenting the move from 275 Thames Street to 432 Grey Street in November 2014This book examines the role of the Slave Chapel as a destination for the Underground Railroad. It investigates the life of the Founder of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. John Brown is rumoured to have spoken in the chapel. There is a brief history of his life concentrating on his time in Canada. The conditions of the Fugitive Slaves and their reasons for fleeing to Canada are examined, as well as their connection to Christianity and their reasons for adopting the religion of their owners. Moving the Fugitive Slave Chapel of London, Ontario, is available as Hardcover Paperback or electronic on Amazon. Since Amazon is not allowing me to link my books, you will need to Search for George McNeish on the Amazon site for your country.
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 The Alternative to War: Fictional History Front Cover |  The Alternative to War: Fictional History Back Cover |
In "THE ALTERNATIVE TO WAR" the story of "THE ALTERNATIVE" is retold in a more concise manner.
One person does something different, and the outcome of History is forever altered. Bobby Johnson was against Slavery and struggled to find a way that he could continue to operate his father's plantation without slaves at a time when the rest of the south was using slave labour.
Bobby's best friend, Samson, was his father's slave. Bobby soon had him freed and managed to get him educated, although the laws of the South forbade this.
Although Samson was not physically as strong as other slaves, Bobby soon realized that Samson's strength was in his mind. Bobby was surprised to learn that, while he was struggling to come to terms with the financial feasibility of operating slave free, Samson was working on a plan the free the South.
Set in the southern USA during the antebellum period, many actual events are referred to as these fictional characters race against time to prevent the most devastating war in US history. You will see history unfold in the eyes of both masters and slaves. The belief that slavery was necessary was so entrenched in the minds of both classes that it became formidable obstacle to overcome. Even Bobby had to be convinced that Samson's methods were both financially feasible and sound.
Read "THE ALTERNATIVE TO WAR" and decide. Would it be more believable than actual history where a civilized country causes more damage to itself than any outside force could ever do.
Also included in the new edition, "THE PROGRESS OF PEACE." This commentary brings us up do date concerning the progress (or lack of it) being made towards world peace.
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DORMANT DREAMSThe dream is complete |
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"Dormant Dreams," is a collection of short stories by Alice McNeish. This edition contains all the stories of her earlier release plus three more.
Again, we lead off with "A Dormant Dream." This is a true story about how the author struggled to become a writer. It was a dream that lay dormant for many years until, at the age of 57, she could hold it down no longer. She wrote, "Now the dream screams for recognition and the dreamer's excited fingers type rapidly. Inspirations flow. Ideas grow. Words glow. Years open wide. Hidden stories come alive. The dream becomes reality. A writer is born."
New to this edition is a story of romance. It may have started as puppy love when they were in kindergarten, but it got out of hand when they reached adulthood. It is a sweet story of love that ends up being one sided. Emotional turmoil results when a caring woman must let down "The Boy Next Door."
"School Daze in 1943" is again presented in this edition. It was the title piece in the first one. This true, autobiographical store teaches us much about 1943. A young girl must plead with her parents to be allowed to go to school. During the war, farm kids where expected to stay home and help on the farm. There were no country busses to transport the students, so it was necessary to move into town. The resulting culture shock makes us realize that high school students had a vastly different experience in 1943.
In "Gramma Can't Say 'no'" we are immersed into a turbulent family situation. The main character is filled with self-doubt as she makes decisions that may end up causing her to lose her family.
Carrying frugality to an extreme brought us "Miser's Holiday." Imagine the fear of this tight wad funeral director when a dead person comes alive.
"Never Too Old" is told so well it makes the reader wonder if it was based on truth. A 57-year-old woman is terrified when the mail man comes on to her.
"A Valentine Ode" is the one poem in the collection. It is a heartfelt poem written to nominate a best friend to a radio contest. It was so well done that the best friend herself sent this to me.
New to this edition is "A Zealous Gardener Gets Carried Away." It includes many good gardening tips and is surprisingly true. One may think this is an exaggeration, but I have visited the home and witnessed this myself.
The final story is also new and was received incomplete. "Two Loves" is a painfully emotional story of a woman who loved two men and may have lost both. Yet hope and their song kept memories alive. It was such a good story without an ending. Scribbled notes suggested a couple of possibilities and we came up with a suitable resolution.
My mother is the author of these stories and she turned 91 on the official release date for this book. Her memory had deteriorated to the point that she did not recall writing these stories. After reading A Dormant Dream, I knew her dream could not be complete until her work was published, so I rushed into publishing the first book when she was 89. More stories where found and were polished for this publication. The first 20 copies of this book were presented to her as a birthday present. My mother passed to the next world and rejoined my father in 2021.
I have purposely kept the online price as low as possible, because it is not my goal to make money off my mother.
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SINGING IN THE CHAPEL"Singing in the Chapel" is a short story that deal with the lives of a slave family. They are separated in slavery as each member is sold to different owners but they have strong faith and pray that they will be reunited in freedom. They all eventually make it to London Canada over a period of twenty years and are reunited, but how will they cope with the after effects of the abuse they suffered? This story was turned into the play, "My Name is Margaret Harman" by Jason Rip. The play is also included in the book and it enjoyed a very good run at "The Arts Project" in London, Ontario in February of 2017. Opening night sold out and over 300 people saw the play. It was the most successful presentation ever performed at The Arts Project.
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VERILY I say, this is the Day in which mankind can behold the Face, and hear the Voice, of the Promised One. The Call of God hath been raised, and the light of His countenance hath been lifted up upon men. It behooveth every man to blot out the trace of every idle word from the tablet of his heart, and to gaze, with an open and unbiased mind, on the signs of His Revelation, the proofs of His Mission, and the tokens of His glory.
Great indeed is this Day! The allusions made to it in all the sacred Scriptures as the Day of God attest its greatness. The soul of every Prophet of God, of every Divine Messenger, hath thirsted for this wondrous Day. All the divers kindreds of the earth have, likewise, yearned to attain it. No sooner, however, had the Daystar of His Revelation manifested itself in the heaven of God's Will, than all, except those whom the Almighty was pleased to guide, were found dumbfounded and heedless.
O thou that hast remembered Me! The most grievous veil hath shut out the peoples of the earth from His glory, and hindered them from hearkening to His call. God grant that the light of unity may envelop the whole earth, and that the seal, "the Kingdom is God's," may be stamped upon the brow of all its peoples.
