The Americans" contains 13 short stories
about the adventures and personal struggles of Americans involved in the
founding and building of their great nation.

The tales describe the personal achievements of men
and women who left their known worlds to travel to America to contribute their
skills, sweat, blood, and, sometimes, their lives to create productive lives
for themselves and their families.

The McKinneys emigrated from Scotland to Ireland and
then to the Colonies and westward through the Allegheny Mountains where some
stopped and put down roots. Others in the prolific clans moved into Indiana,
Missouri, and Texas and beyond.

They were joined in their adventures by neighbors
from the eastern mountains as they fought against foreign powers, hostile Indians,
and lawbreakers.

The lives of Youngers, Creagers, Lomaxes, and others
combined their personal stories to create a collection of personal struggles,
triumphs, and failures that drove and led America into growth and world
leadership of the 20th and 21st centuries.

The great events recorded in American history were
not abstract historical happenings but part of the daily lives of our ancestors
featured in "The Americans.