It was SO exciting to actually write it. It broke my heart that I couldn’t add wav files from Henry’s music manuscript book, but it made the book too large. My dream is to create some small video productions to animate the statistical research to make it as clear as possible.
I can actually imagine that. I’m overly excited about a book I’m writing. I don’t want to go into specifics, but some of my ancestors were in the middle of a huge national story in the early 20th century. I came along decades later in the 60’s, but grew up hearing about it from the older generation as if the memories were fresh. It is a fascinating story that few today know anything about. I don’t know how many will care about it, but I’m writing it as a tribute to my great-grandfather as much as anything. I want to have it finished while my dad is still alive and of sound mind because it’s about events in his family, so I’m writing it for him, too. And one day, my children and grandchildren will read it and understand people and events that helped shaped their lives a full century before they were born.