One Man's Family

This book is the result of my inquiry into how this family and the places they lived influenced each other over 400 years in seven countries on four continents. I have been collecting bits and pieces about the family history for as long as I can remember. There is a family story—true according to my Aunt Lucille who was there—that Big Daddy (my grandfather) received a letter stating that he could, by moving to Ireland, assume the inheritance of “a castle.” He decided not to, stating that hi...