Odyssey of the Barkers and the Russells by Barker, Don W - 1984

Gateway Press. 1984. Very Good+; Hardcover; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; SIGNED by the author, with short personalalized inscription .267 pages, bound in red cloth with gilt lettering. Clean, bright cover, firmly bound. Crisp, clean interior. Light tanning on top edge. Contents include: From Shelfanger England to America for the Barker Brothers; Sojourn in New York State for Fifteen Years; Frederick and Gerge Become Mormons But Not James; Exodus from Nauvoo; Separation and Reunion 91 Years Later; Barkers of Lebanon and Milton; Charlie Parker Grows Up on South Prairie; Charlie Barker in Burlington Iowa; Summary of Barker Generations from 1672 to 1984. Roots of the Widmer Family Lie Deep in the Mountain Valleys of Switzerland; Rose Widmer of La Chaux d'Abel; Rose Widmer Barker. Roots of the Russell Family Transplanted to Penn. and Iowa; Thomas Hamilton Russell Homesteads 160 Acres in Saskatchewan in 1908; Leah as a Young Bride Moves to Kincaid; Hamp and Leah Return to Webster City . . . The Johnsons . . Don and Bunny Barker . . .Jane and Bruce Barker . . .The Smiths . . .The Nagys . . . Packaged with care and shipped in a box.; Signed by Author .