Author Highlights His Heritage with New Family-Centered Memoir
Leland Emet Bolt releases "Leland and Fern Bolt" as a love-letter to the Brubaker and Bolt families and their story of hard work and perseverance
SAN DIEGO, July 15, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Amid the recent genealogy and family history trend started by sites like AncestryDNA and 23andMe, author Leland Emet Bolt has recently released "Leland & Fern Bolt: Family, Business and City Service". His well-researched and emotional compilation of his family genealogy, heritage and tradition takes readers all across America as his family serves in war, opens a family business and establishes themselves in communities across the country.
The book follows the entire Bolt family including Leland, a fourth-year college drop-out who completed a correspondence course in accounting, and his wife Fern, whom he married after her high school graduation. "Leland & Fern Bolt" is the story of their learning processes and how they had a family, built two businesses and served their community.
In the book, Bolt describes his family members' lives, including key events they witnessed and lived through. These events include resettlement of Japanese Americans living within 200 miles of the West Coast, a Kansas bank robbery, support of the war effort (bonds, rationing, salvaging and recycling, defense organization and defense drills) and post-war recovery.
The book also covers the building of a new business Leland built when he was terminated from his job at 62 years old with no retirement. Bolt highlights his capability to bring out all aspect of important issues and patiently work plans that had overwhelming support.
Today, DNA testing kits are frequently purchased for self and family, online family tree memberships are on the rise and more people want to better understand where they come from. Bolt shares some insight on his own experience researching his family history.
"I have developed a family genealogical tree of over 5,000 persons, documented in Family Tree Maker, and part of this has been entered into a tree on the Ancestry website," Bolt said. "I hope this helps more members of our family connect with one another so our family history can keep writing itself."
"Leland and Fern Bolt: Heritage, Family, Business and City Service"
By Leland Emet Bolt
ISBN: 9781546212546 (softcover); 9781546212522 (hardcover); 9781546212539 (electronic)
Available at AuthorHouse, Amazon and Walmart
About the Author
Captain Leland Emet (Lee) Bolt was born in Payette, Idaho and grew up in nearby Emmett. He graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy in 1951. After serving, he later joined the Engineering department at General Dynamics. In 1975 he earned his master's degree from the University of Southern California. Bolt wrote portions of many new business proposals and technical reports in a variety of disciplines. His memberships included Associate Fellow in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), in which he held several San Diego Section positions, including Section Chairman. This is his first book. To learn more, please visit LelandBolt.com.
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