Rising Above Circumstances: The Rogers Family in Colonial America

viii, 246 pp. Illustrated with sketches by Gary Zaboly, maps by Wendy Johnson, and photographs from three private collections. "A young family comes from Ireland in 1729 to a wild new continent seeking land of their own. They find land, Indians, England's ancient enemy France- and war. Their story in the 18th century is the story of three men of the family."