Encounters after the Sunset -- Second Edition: Rescuing Ancestral Memories

By Ricardo Suárez-Gartner

Encounters after the SunsetOftentimes while sitting before a bonfire, I become mesmerized by the flames with their never-ending dance. Soon my eyes focus on them to the exclusion of anything else. After some time I sense that nondescript presences start lurking quietly on the fringes of the fire. These friendly spirits are preterit beings who in their moment made considerable contributions to my genome: my long gone ancestors.The quest to rescue their memories from "among rocks and papers" has been a long journey. The fire has burnt hot and bright, and a few distinct individuals have emerged from among those faded ghosts in my distant past: Saxon and Cornish miners, illiterate peasants and cultured professionals, freed slaves, dispossessed Indians, and Spanish conquistadors and colonists, inter alios. I have collected their stories in this book titled "Encounters after the Sunset" as a bridge for future generations. With the flames now subsided into quiet embers, I will dare claim to have done my duty. It is my hope that other folks will take on the worthy cause of un-forgetting their predecessors and the teachings they might have left behind. In years to come, I may well be patiently awaiting to hear their stories from the blurry edges of a charmed woodfire.The expanded second edition includes maps and a timeline of events. In addition, the text has been reformatted to facilitate a more tiered reading.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1074774639
• ISBN13: 9781074774639
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"