Phyllis Appel: 4 books

The Missouri Connection: Profiles of the Famous and Infamous is a multi-cultural publication which introduces more than fifty short profiles of diverse men and women who once lived in the state of Missouri. Through their stories, the reader will learn how presidents, politicians, scientists,entrepreneurs,...

Uriah Phillips Levy had no intention of becoming a shopkeeper like his father. That’s why the ten-year-old secretly signed up as a cabin boy and ran away to sea. During his apprenticeship he faced French pirates, was shipwrecked, and taken aboard a British man-of-war. The captain was so impressed...

The more than fifty individuals profiled in The Jewish Connection are a small representation of those who overcame challenges to make important contributions. The reader will learn the role these men and women played in the American Revolution, World Wars I & II, the Civil War, the Women's Rights...

They struggled through air raids, U-boat attacks, spies, a second Pearl Harbor attack, high taxes, and scrap collections. The Rose Bowl was moved to Durham, North Carolina. There would be no Thanksgiving Day parades. (Macy’s had donated their balloons to a rubber drive.) Women became Santas now...