Thanks Pete; and congratulations, I never knew we had a published writer in our midst. :)
On 12/16/10 5:46 PM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Kim, thank you so much for your interest in my book. They are available > at Fitness News Video & Tanning in Brentwood shopping center. Ordering via > Amazon,com will cost more, plus shipping. Thanks again, Pete >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> From: Kim Benson <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> To: Cows <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 5:11 PM >> >> Subject: Re: [COWs] wow!----very neat Pete! >> >> >> I want one! >> >> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry >> >> >> >> From: ssp <[email protected]> >> >> Sender: [email protected] >> >> Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 15:05:23 -0500 >> >> To: CyclistsOfWilson-COWs<[email protected]> >> >> ReplyTo: [email protected] >> >> Subject: Re: [COWs] wow!----very neat Pete! >> >> >> Pete: >> Raymond & Dorothy need some more copies >> >> of your book! I just bought the LAST one! >> >> Merry Christmas! >> >> bert >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 2:31 PM, ssp <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> .... >>> >>> >>> ....dude, you be amphibious! >>> I'm going to get my copy now! >>> >>> http://www.wilsontimes.com/assets/5587115/A09_12-16-2010_WDT.pdf >>> >>> By Janelle Clevinger >>> Silver lake >>> Special to the Times >>> >>> Local author mixes >>> history with fiction >>> >>> What started as a search >>> for documentation regarding a family land grant >>> from the 1770s, evolved >>> into the weaving of Wilson >>> history and storytelling for >>> an entire book penned by >>> local author Pete Williams. >>> Williams¹ self-published >>> book titled ³Between the >>> Waters of the Tar and Toisnot² came about because >>> he wanted to document his >>> family¹s history and the >>> history of Wilson¹s Silver >>> Lake area for his family >>> and friends. >>> ³A lot of people look >>> down on self-published >>> authors, but I didn¹t do >>> this just because I wanted >>> my name on a book,² Williams said. ³I wanted it >>> published for my friends >>> and relatives. At my age, >>> I didn¹t want to waste the >>> time shopping around for >>> publishers.² >>> Williams, 74, is a lifelong >>> resident of Wilson and >>> graduated from Atlantic >>> Christian College in 1958 >>> with a degree in chemistry. >>> He worked in laboratories >>> most of his professional life, >>> retiring after 20 years of >>> work with Scapa Press Fabrics (now Voith Fabrics). >>> He recently joined the >>> Wilson County Genealogical Society with the goal of >>> finding a land grant during >>> the 1770s from the Earl of >>> Granville to Williams¹ relative, Pilgrim Williams. The >>> land, which sits near the >>> Wilson and Nash county >>> lines, is still owned by Williams¹ distant relatives. >>> After finding the information he needed right >>> there in the Wilson County >>> Public Library, Williams >>> continued to research his >>> family¹s genealogy. >>> ³It gradually dawned >>> on me that I could string >>> together a historical fiction >>> story about my father¹s >>> family and my mother¹s >>> family and how they came >>> together,² said Williams. >>> ³This not a biography >>> about my family, but includes many events that >>> actually happened.² >>> The book¹s main character is Williams¹ father Garland Williams, but >>> because >>> the story is not technically >>> biographical, his name >>> is changed to Garvis. His >>> mother, Ruby Petway Williams, is renamed Ruth in >>> the book. >>> ³The story of how my >>> parents met is fictitious >>> in the book, but I tried to >>> make the storyline fit together with the historical >>> events I was trying to tell,² >>> said Williams. ³Some of >>> the story is fictitious, but >>> they are based on stories I >>> have heard all my life.² >>> In 1916, Williams¹ mother¹s family moved to Silver >>> Lake and began to develop >>> the area. Ruby Petway was >>> born in 1918, and the family enjoyed several prosperous years building >>> up the >>> Silver Lake complex which >>> included a cotton gin, grist >>> mill, general store, dance >>> pavilion, bath house, rental >>> boats and a hot dog stand, >>> which was one of Ruby¹s >>> favorites. >>> ³Silver Lake was the >>> place to be back then,² said >>> Williams. ³There wasn¹t >>> a single public swimming >>> pool in Wilson then, and >>> no one had the money to >>> go to the beach, so everyone went to Silver Lake. >>> There were probably a >>> thousand people there on >>> a typical summer Sunday >>> afternoon.² >>> The Great Depression >>> saw the end of Silver >>> Lake¹s overwhelming popularity. Williams¹ mother¹s >>> family lost everything and >>> was forced to move from >>> the area around 1930. >>> ³There is a little bit of >>> a twist at the end of the >>> book that originally came >>> from my mother¹s mother,² >>> teased Williams. ³It was a >>> particular event that occurred during the Civil >>> War.² >>> The book¹s title comes >>> from the fact that William¹s >>> grandfather¹s farm was >>> located almost equidistant >>> between the Tar River and >>> Toisnot Swamp. Silver >>> Lake is fed by waters from >>> the Toisnot Swamp. >>> Williams wrote the book >>> with the Wilson community in mind. >>> ³In addition to my family and friends, I think >>> older people and anyone >>> interested in Wilson area >>> history or anyone who may >>> have read or heard a little >>> about Silver Lake would >>> be interested in this book,² >>> he said. >>> The Wilson Genealogical >>> Society is a group already >>> interested in ³Between >>> the Waters of the Tar and >>> Toisnot.² Williams is slated >>> to be the featured speaker >>> at the Society¹s meeting in >>> February, 2011 >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> <mailto:cyclistsofwilson-cows%[email protected]> . >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/cyclistsofwilson-cows?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. 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