The First Crossing of America

Post Jr, William

ISBN 10: 1456749617 / ISBN 13: 9781456749613

Published by Authorhouse, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The First Crossing of America
• Publisher: Authorhouse
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1456749617
• ISBN 13: 9781456749613
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The first colony planted in North America was on Roanoke Island in 1597. The company who planted this colony promised to return the following year with supplies and more people. However England went to war that year and the supply ships were taken by the king to help in the war effort. It was over three years before the ships returned to Roanoke Island. When they arrived not a trace of the colony was found. No one has ever been able to find out what happened to them.

This book, although not about the Roanoke Island colony, takes a similar colony near that area and takes them through the trials that people in America faced in that period of time.

The story starts with Milford and Doris Kipling, who are linguists, being asked by the king to go with the new colony to teach its leadership the language of the natives. After they have complete this task they were to return with the ships. The Kipling couple took their sixteen year old son, John, with them. After they complete their task John asked to stay for the rest of the year promising to return the next year with the ships. Of course the ships didn't return and John faced the perils and catastrophes that led he and his companion across North America.

The trek across America is just a part of John's adventure. The reader will enjoy several other adventures and meet many interesting characters along the way.

About the Author

William Post was reared in the West Texas town of Colorado City. He was educated at Texas A. & M. then served in the United States Navy. After his service he became a land surveyor for the Southern Pacific Railroad. This took him to the wilds of New Mexico, Arizona and California where he became familiar with the lore of those areas. This becomes apparent throughout the stories in these settings. William has traveled nearly every interstate in America visiting most of the national parks and their mysteries. He has actually lived in seven of the fifty states. William is a professional engineer and holds licenses with the state of California in Land Surveying and Civil Engineering. He retired as the Chief Engineer of the Long Beach Water Department. William is an evangelic Christian and this thread is seen throughout the fiber of his stories. He is married to Brigitte Wittstock and now lives in Las Vegas, Nevada with his extended family.