An American Family Sampler, The Founding Generation 1814-1908

Set in the American Century from 1814 to 2003, An American Family Sampler is a chronicle of five generations who built and ultimately destroyed a great company.

From its mercantile roots through country banking then morphing into a manufacturing and shipping giant and eventually becoming a financial powerhouse, the company, Prescotts, waxed and waned with America.

Although based on a real life events, a story about a company is boring. What will keep reader interest are the stories of the f...