Honorable Heritage: A Book of Family Folklore: Billy Boyd Lavender: 9 am to Noon book signing at Oconee State Bank 4/30/16
Billy Boyd Lavender will hold a book-signing of
'Honorable Heritage' at the main branch of Oconee State Bank in downtown Watkinsville on April 30, 2016 from 9AM till Noon. I plan to have candy and balloons for the kiddies. WMSL 88.9 will announce this event all this week.
Most families have their share of stories and folklore. In the case
of author Billy Boyd Lavender, one of the most intriguing of these
stories revolves around a murder mystery from 1905-the deaths of two of
his ancestors and the mob lynching that soon followed those deaths.
Told
from information provided by Lavender's mother, Ruby Neal Hardigree
Lavender, and with support from historical documentation, Honorable
Heritage recalls events that occurred on a forty-one-acre tract of land
in Watkinsville, Georgia, that would become the farm where Lavender grew
up. There, his great-great-grandparents were murdered in the course of a
robbery.
In response, the premature actions of a mob muddied the
truth of events for years to come and resulted in the death of an
innocent man. In addition, this work of narrative nonfiction presents a
chronology of Lavender's family history, dating back to colonial America
and the Revolutionary War. It also explores his personal history,
sharing recollections of times gone by.
Focusing on the early
twentieth century, Honorable Heritage offers a detailed family history
and a true story of murder and a miscarriage of justice.
Review of Honorable Heritage
By Billy B. Lavender https://www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/honorable-heritage/
Honorable Heritage: A Book of Family Folklore: Billy Boyd Lavender: 9781491760567: Amazon.com: Books
'Honorable Heritage' at the main branch of Oconee State Bank in downtown Watkinsville on April 30, 2016 from 9AM till Noon. I plan to have candy and balloons for the kiddies. WMSL 88.9 will announce this event all this week.
Most families have their share of stories and folklore. In the case
of author Billy Boyd Lavender, one of the most intriguing of these
stories revolves around a murder mystery from 1905-the deaths of two of
his ancestors and the mob lynching that soon followed those deaths.
Told
from information provided by Lavender's mother, Ruby Neal Hardigree
Lavender, and with support from historical documentation, Honorable
Heritage recalls events that occurred on a forty-one-acre tract of land
in Watkinsville, Georgia, that would become the farm where Lavender grew
up. There, his great-great-grandparents were murdered in the course of a
robbery.
In response, the premature actions of a mob muddied the
truth of events for years to come and resulted in the death of an
innocent man. In addition, this work of narrative nonfiction presents a
chronology of Lavender's family history, dating back to colonial America
and the Revolutionary War. It also explores his personal history,
sharing recollections of times gone by.
Focusing on the early
twentieth century, Honorable Heritage offers a detailed family history
and a true story of murder and a miscarriage of justice.
Review of Honorable Heritage
By Billy B. Lavender https://www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/honorable-heritage/
Honorable Heritage: A Book of Family Folklore: Billy Boyd Lavender: 9781491760567: Amazon.com: Books
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