Oakley Dean Baldwin: 11 books

This book is a work of non-fiction, based on my Mother’s writings and my personal experiences. Mom passed away in 2009. Mom’s dream was to publish her stories and her poems; unfortunately, none of these stories were ever published. These stories were just kept in a box with her Bible that I received...

A story about one unforgettable mother’s promise in a time when your word was an unbreakable bond. The love of a Mother for her family would not be broken. A story about a woman you will not be able to forget. America’s Florence Nightingale in North Carolina.

My family has always claimed that we descended from Pocahontas. Before the internet back in the late 1980’s my uncle Johnny Beverly and his wife Marge spent the better part of a week in the Wise County, Virginia Courthouse researching and reviewing documents as to our Bolling lineage. They tracked...

This story covers the tragedy of the loss of life, home, and imprisonment of my 3rd great grandmother Margaret (Yates) Hale’s family. A true story, the massacre of the Bowman and Blair brothers in Deadman’s Hollow Virginia. During the Civil War like other Wars catastrophic destruction, unspeakable horror, and murder are thus usually considered justified.

We can only surmise the reason for John Lisle’s departure from Alice and his family once King Charles Stuart II was returned to the throne. Perhaps chivalry won out and he left Lady Lisle to protect her; John was now an enemy to the King and he didn’t want her to be in danger. Did they argue about...

Is there a deeper meaning to the invisible world of Genetic Relationships or Major Histocompatibility Complex? My NEW eBook “Sid Eaves Road Lithobolia” is a personal experience while on Patrol as a Law Enforcement Officer. This is a true unexplained phenomena and supernatural event that actually happened.

Mom passed away in 2009. Mom’s dream was to publish her poems; unfortunately, none of these poems were ever published. These poems were just kept in a box with her Bible that I received after she died. I hope you enjoy them as much as I have. There is also a special surprise for folks that enjoy...

With the development of the coal rich territories and the large need for coal, progress was coming to Mingo County. Men of all nationalities and ethnic origins headed to the hills seeking the work opportunities the coal mines had to offer. It was a mixed bag of both employers and employees. You might...

This story explores my mother’s first cousin three times removed, Ira “Bad Ira” Mullins and the Pound Gap Massacre. This story was handed down to my mother who enlightened me, as I have done with my children. My mother would passionately share this story when I was a young boy. She wrote many other...

Aren’t cats wonderful pets? Have you never wondered what they are really looking at? Do they see things that we cannot see? Things sometimes happen in life like shadows and sounds in the night that are curious and everlasting. Have you ever been tangled or caught up in a nightmare? Without explanations, don’t know what to say, how about Cat’s got your tongue?

Since the 1600’s moon shining has been passed down from generation to generation. Like a drug, once shining gets in your blood it can be very addictive and hard to get out of your system. Like enjoying a walk in the warm rain, “white lightning” can be just as deadly as lightning in a thunder storm. These are just a few of the recorded deadly lightning Strikes.