MY Web Sites
By Richard A. Davis
1. AN ECONOMIC PROGRAM FOR WIPING OUT POVERTY
This is a site that examines the economic causes of unemployment and poverty and offers a practical solution for permanently eliminating both. You may not agree with the theory and the supporting evidence, but if you are at all interested in eliminating poverty and economic injustice, you owe it to yourself and to the poor and unemployed to at least examine the theory. 2. THE FLEMING FAMILY OF FLEMING, OHIO
This site is devoted to the history and genealogy of the Fleming Family of Fleming, Ohio, and of the Scottish immigration of which they were a part. The site includes a history of Scotland leading up to their emigration, documents and letters related to their emigration and letters and stories related to their place in American History.
This site is devoted to my adventure in Armenia with the Peace Corps, beginning in June, 2007. "The contents of this Web site are mine personally and do not reflect any position of the U.S. Government or the Peace Corps."
4. DEJA VU A Novel of Murder and the Occult SYNOPSIS: Gothic novels are usually about a young woman who is menaced in an old castle or mansion. But in DEJA VU, Cynthia Townsend arrives at Seneca Lodge, a run-down resort hotel which she has inherited, to find that she is the menace. The staff and guests seem to believe that she came to Seneca Lodge the year before and something dreadful happened. Cynthia herself has episodes of deja vu which make her think maybe she was there. Gradually, she finds out that a young woman who looked just like her came last year claiming to be Cyntha Townsend and mysteriously disappeared. Was she murdered? If so, by whom? Is Cynthia no in danger? Gradually the truth is revealed. Who was murdered? Who is the Murderer ? And for that matter, who is the detective?
5. THE PRACTICAL JOKERS SYNOPSIS: On his way to the huge McFarlie Ranch, Stace stops at the saloon in town ranch and finds that McFarlie's men are tormenting a boy nicknamed Rabbit. In defending Rabbit, Stace acidentally kills one of the men. Colonel McFarlie is the law therabouts, and he is so impressed by the way Stace defends himself that he offers him the slain man's job. Stace accepts, if the Colonel will hire Rabbit as well. The Colonel agrees, but says Stace must be responsible for him. At the ranch, Stace soon fits in after suffering the obligatory practical jokes, but the men continue to torment Rabbit with tricks that they calculate are just the limit of what Stace will tolerate on Rabbit's behalf. When the Colonel points out to Stace that Rabbit isn't very happy at the ranch, Stace decides to take matters into his own hands. What Rabbit needs is to learn the skills of a cowboy, so he tricks the others into teaching him their specialties. His plan works, and Rabbit gradually is accepted into the crew. Except for one cowboy who keeps up the petty tricks until Rabbit thinks up an elaborate practical joke on him. For his cleverness and courage, Rabbit is accepted into the crew, and at Christmas is part of the elaborate practical joke played on some visiting Easterners. In the winter, a crisis ensues at the ranch, and with Stace's help, Rabbit not only displays his courage and manhood, but also his humanity in turning the crisis into the best practical joke of all.
6. FUTURE PERFECT But an economics treatis isn't a novel. We must also supply our young man with a story. Our young man faces three problems: First, having been frozen for so long, he can't move when he wakes--or rather is awakened, and he must undergo a long process or rehabilitation. Second, he finds that his identity is not the identification found on him. Here is a mystery. Was he the victim of a murder? Third, he has fallen in love. But courtship and marriage have undergone great changes in 150 years. Will he get the girl of his dreams?