{"product_id":"the-braided-cord-the-story-of-the-willis-family-paperback","title":"The Braided Cord: The Story of the Willis Family - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOlive Martin Burns\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll that is known of the first Willis to arrive on US soil is that he immigrated in 1730 and came from Wales. These stories of his descendants, however, offer a glimpse into the development and settlement of the United States and Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExtensively researched and written by Olive Elizabeth Martin Burns (n e Willis), a.k.a. Tucker, \u003ci\u003eThe Braided Cord: The Story of the Willis Family\u003c\/i\u003e traces the lives seven generations of Willises through the present day. Tucker brings her family's past to life, chronicling their successes and failures, their military service and businesses, and the family's move to the rough-and-ready farmlands of Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYou'll meet Peter J. Willis and his brothers, who first moved to Texas and established a successful business firm only to have a manipulative wife brings down the family empire.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThere's the story of Short Adam, a fifth-generation Willis who left Texas to live the life of a country squire in Connecticut, returning late in life with a young wife and three children. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe history of the Willises is always set against the grand backdrop of Texas. To read this book is to understand the settlement of a state and the growth of a family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Born in Texas, Olive Elizabeth Martin Burns, a.k.a. Tucker, has been a teacher, tour guide, art-museum docent, folk-art collector, and family historian. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e A sixth-generation Texan, Burns boarded for two years at Ursuline Academy in San Antonio, Texas, and is a graduate of Incarnate Word College. She was married for sixty-one years to attorney Harry J. Burns. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Now widowed, Tucker has retired to Dallas. She has a son, a daughter, and two grandchildren, and has recently taken up historical research and writing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 124\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.26 x 11.02 x 8.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 12, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42715194327103,"sku":"9781544034454","price":10.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/a8fadee360fe77bbe2062ce4f3be432e.webp?v=1765070633","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/the-braided-cord-the-story-of-the-willis-family-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}