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Come with me to meet scientists and sailors, a hoax or two, champions and inventors—the spies, warriors, dogs, horses, artists, and criminals who have risen from the depths of obscure history to amuse and amaze us. Take my hand to share a fascinating journey through obscure history’s dusty corridors. Lets have some fun.

Tales discovered in the dusty corridors of time where the history books seldom take us. Where the deeds of men and women, just like you and me, have been engraved in the annuals of time. Meet the spies, warriors, dogs, cats, artists, and inventors who have risen from the depths of obscure history to amuse and amaze us. Take my hand, and we’ll enjoy a fascinating journey through obscure history’s tales of inventions, sports, war, courage, crime, disasters, and more.

Bernardo Cuesta is a Franciscan friar assigned to the mission of San Jose, hoping to follow in the missionary footsteps of Padre Kino. Bernardo, the sole survivor of an Apache ambush, is kept as a slave to the savages. Over the years of captivity, he attempts to convert the heathens and encounters the conflict between Christian beliefs and Apache shamanism. This is a novel of faith and courage. The remarkable journey of one man through an alien culture and the imprint he left.

Witness the creation of an American Indian Hero. Although this is historical fiction, Ulzana was an actual person, the brother of Chihuahua, a Chiricahua sub-chief. The Apache life-way in this story is presented the way it actually was - the way Ulzana really lived it. The story follows Ulzana through all the stages of his life from infancy to boyhood, through his training as a warrior, his ritual life as son, husband and father, and through 40 years of war against both the Mexicans and the “White Eyes”.

Tales as you’ve never heard them before. In the dusty corners of history, you’ll find obscure stories about the men and women, just like you and me, whose names have been engraved in the annuals of time. Take my hand, and I’ll guide you on a fascinating journey through obscure history’s tales of inventions, sports, war, courage, crime, disasters, and more. Let’s have some fun!

Is the law of blood vengeance the only justice for the Apache? The end had been so close. A handful of days and his people would be released from their prison at Fort Sill. Life was good. Then suddenly there was no longer a future for him. Every perception he had cherished concerning life and the future was no longer valid. Innocence had died, and with it, bitter truth had been exposed. For the White Eyes justice was a word without meaning. Under American law an Indian isn’t worth as much as a white man. The old ways were better because the Apache understood justice.

Virtually overnight Jonathon Wilson’s carefree bachelor world has been turned upside down. His sister is dead from a drug overdose that may or may not have been accidental, and he’s suddenly the guardian of a niece and nephew - who’ve been sexually and emotionally abused. Fighting a Government Bureaucracy to keep the children out of the foster care system is only the beginning of his problems. His sister’s former drug dealer wants to ask the children some questions, and they aren’t likely to survive the interrogation.

What if a healer could cure any disease with a simple laying on of the hands...but he could also see the dark secrets hidden in the recesses of your soul? That is the gift - or curse - Edward Foster brings to the little town of Cranston. He meets Lisa Bennett and for the first time in years has a reason to put down roots, but Eddy knows his gift will soon force him to run again. It is the same pattern everywhere he has traveled. The Vagabond Healer is a commentary on goodness and the angels that walk among us.

Once more the denizens of obscure history, the men and women, heroes and villains, and people just like you and me who have etched their names on the pages of history have stepped forward to tell their stories.

These are just three of the stories you’ll find in this audio. Tales discovered in the dusty corridors of time where the history books seldom take us. Where the deeds of men and women, just like you and me, have been engraved in the annuals of time. Meet the spies, warriors, dogs, cats, artists, and inventors who have risen from the depths of obscure history to amuse and amaze us.