Seizing the Tiger Early in their careers Alex and Diego team up to smuggle refugees and contraband across the Gulf of Thailand in their small boat, the Cat. They are hijacked at sea by a notorious pirate. They vow revenge and recover their lost cargo the hard way; they steal it back, guns blazing. They gain a more powerful boat, the Tiger.   A collection of stories about Alex the Pirate and his savvy crew of rogues and thieves. They are modern pirates who love fast boats and expensive yachts, and also share a passion for treasure hunting. Alex and Diego, his second in command, scout the South China Sea and Caribbean for worthy ships to liberate from their owners and turn a profit.Read More

Con James Baker was an adventurer and soldier in WWI who lived through the exciting Roaring Twenties in Chicago to later become a gentleman farmer. He was also a great storyteller whose tales of distant relatives in the Midwest and New England instilled in his son, the author, a thirst to investigate his past and discover the facts behind the lives and times of those elusive Baker ancestors.   This book is the first known attempt to construct a complete ancestry and family history of Con James Baker’s antecedents through the generations, thus encompassing all known ancestral branches of the family. It traces the family lines from Con’s generation backward in time following his bloodline across America to New England, the British Isles, and beyond.Read More

Con James Baker was an adventurer and soldier in WWI who lived through the exciting Roaring Twenties in Chicago to later become a gentleman farmer. He was also a great storyteller whose tales of distant relatives in the Midwest and New England instilled in his son, the author, a thirst to investigate his past and discover the facts behind the lives and times of those elusive Baker ancestors.   This book is the first known attempt to construct a complete ancestry and family history of Con James Baker’s antecedents through the generations, thus encompassing all known ancestral branches of the family. It traces the family lines from Con’s generation backward in time following his bloodline across America to New England, the British Isles, and beyond.Read More

Con James Baker was an adventurer and soldier in WWI who lived through the exciting Roaring Twenties in Chicago to later become a gentleman farmer. He was also a great storyteller whose tales of distant relatives in the Midwest and New England instilled in his son, the author, a thirst to investigate his past and discover the facts behind the lives and times of those elusive Baker ancestors.   This book is the first known attempt to construct a complete ancestry and family history of Con James Baker’s antecedents through the generations, thus encompassing all known ancestral branches of the family. It traces the family lines from Con’s generation backward in time following his bloodline across America to New England, the British Isles, and beyond.Read More

City boys meet rural living and odd people, shock and adventures ensue, great memories that last a lifetime are created.Read More

Born just before the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, Con James Baker lived long enough to see men land on the moon. He saw firsthand the horrors of the First World War, thrived in Chicago during the Roaring Twenties, and in so doing, rubbed elbows with gangsters. Throughout those changing times, he maintained his desire for adventure and his sense of optimism about the future.Read More

The descendants of John Baker of Hartford are followed down to the present time through thirteen generations as the family grew and spread across the United States in this first volume of two in the study. Information from thousands of primary and high-quality secondary documentary sources are used, as well as reference well-sourced family histories written by other Baker family descendants and researchers.Read More

The descendants of John Baker of Hartford are followed down to the present time through thirteen generations as the family grew and spread across the United States in this second of two volume. Information from thousands of primary and high-quality secondary documentary sources are used, as well as reference well-sourced family histories written by other Baker family descendants and researchers.Read More

The book provides a summary of the main elements of enjoyable backpacking and hiking.Read More