Author: Phillip R. Giffin

Phil Giffin grew up in Oregon and worked for 25 years in international marketing and 9 years teaching high school social studies. He has a BS in Foreign Service from Georgetown University,1965; Captaincy US Army Ordnance, 1966-68; and an MAT from George Fox University, 2001. He is a freelance writer with several published articles, see: Vancouver B.C. Sun, Saturday Review “Letters from Flanders 1914-18” (11/07/1998); Journal Manitoba History “Annie’s War” (06/2007). He is retired and working in Baggs, Wyoming, transcribing, researching, and writing a series of essays and a book based on unpublished family papers (the Diary and the Record book of Sergeant Simon Giffin 1777-1783).

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Jacob’s Land: Revolutionary War Soldiers, Schemers, Scoundrels and the Settling of New York’s Frontier

Book Review: Jacob’s Land: Revolutionary War Soldiers, Schemers, Scoundrels and the Settling of New York’s Frontier by Charles Yaple (CreateSpace Independent Publishing, March 2017) [BUY NOW ON AMAZON] Jacob’s Land by Charles Yaple is a fascinating, multigenerational narrative history of an immigrant family, their migration into the wilderness, and of the native tribes who populated […]

by Phillip R. Giffin