The Two Sam's is a story of a father and son in the 1800's. It follows each of their lives from childhood thru to adulthood. As the story of each man unfolds the reader will feel kinship to the people they will meet, be he white, black or red the reader has envisioned such people or has met people of the same caliber. While each man has occasion to leave home early in the teen years of their lives, the reader will marvel at how they found their way. In this century of the America we so proudly hail as the foundation of our civilization it was a hard and demanding time in our history. These two men with their courage, compassion and thoughtfulness helped to pave the way for us into the twentieth century.