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Announcement Release of Book Pieces of the Quilt The Mosaic ofAn African...

The book is a culmination of over twenty years of researching and documenting a Family History. It is a historical accounting of the author'ss mixed raced ancestors, who resided throughout Colonial America. They were soldiers, inventors, slaves, business people, politicians, and activists, who had extraordinary achievements.

San Leandro, CA May 7, 2009 -- Pieces of the Quilt: The Mosaic of An African American Family, is scheduled to be released on June 5, 2009. It is author Anita Wills, second book, after Notes and Documents of Free Persons of Color. Ms. Wills's writes from a historical and genealogical perspective, of her ancestors achievements. The story begins in 1950'ss Coatesville Pennsylvania with in a Middle Class African American Family. The author'ss mother regales her children with stories of their ancestor'ss accomplishment. Throughout the book the Ms. Wills ancestors and their exploits come alive. The stories and historical events are interwoven throughout the book, in narrative form. One of the chronicles is of Elijah Johnson, a Free Black, Agent of the American Colonization Society, and founder of Monrovia Liberia.

Also included are the exploits of Ambrose and Charles Lewis, brothers who served in the Revolutionary War, out of Fredericksburg Virginia. They were first Seamen, and then Soldiers, who fought at The Battle of Camden South Carolina. Ambrose distinguished himself by being shot nine times and bayoneted clean through. After the battle he was taken prisoner on board a British Prison ship. Despite his injuries Ambrose lived well into his eighties. Throughout the book there are stories of those whose accomplishments are of equal merit. They were soldiers, artists, inventors, and business people, who are part of the fabric of America.

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