{"product_id":"my-writings-book-colonel-ben-walton-9781946539854","title":"My Writings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy Writings: Personal Essays\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of 57 essays from among hundreds of narratives the author wrote over a 30-year period as a freelance scribe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book fills a knowledge void with vital information that readers from all levels of society can use in their daily life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost of the commentaries were published in periodicals throughout the U.S. The book, with a foreword by Dr. Lawrence T. Coulehan, M.D., has seven parts: Aging; Christianity; History; Relationships; Service; Quality and Participation; and Self-Help.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in a small community in central Texas, Colonel Ben L. Walton, U.S. Army (Retired) grew up in Waco, Texas, where he lived in a four-room house without electricity or running water. A wood-burning stove was used to cook food and for heat. The nearest house to where I lived was four miles away. Besides, where I lived was across the street from a graveyard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe was motivated to write the book based on writings in the Bible, \u003cem\u003eSelected Essays, 1917-1932\u003c\/em\u003e by T.S. Eliot, and \u003cem\u003eThings That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics\u003c\/em\u003e by Charles Krauthammer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more than 400 years, as documented in \u003cem\u003eThe Art of the Personal Essay: Anthology from the Classical Era to the Present\u003c\/em\u003e by Phillip Lopate, personal essays have been one of the richest and most vibrant of all literary forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on history, \u003cem\u003eEssays \u003c\/em\u003eby Michel de Montaigne, the title of an assemblage of 107 essays the author wrote and published in 1580, astonishingly is rated by experts today as among the greatest nonfiction books of all time. Furthermore, Montaigne is credited with inventing the writing style of an essay, meaning the short subject treatment of a given subject.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy Writings: Personal Essays\u003c\/em\u003e aims to provide readers with a poignant and useful self-reliance publication worthy of their time that is captivating, interesting, and stimulating. But most importantly, it is a permanent resource that can be referred to as needed, treasured, and passed on to others for generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColonel Ben L. Walton, U.S. Army (Retired) was raised in Waco, Texas, where he lived in a four-room house without electricity, running water, or an indoor toilet. He now lives in Colorado. This is his third book. He plans to write two more volumes of \u003cem\u003ePersonal Essays.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher's website: \u003c\/strong\u003e http: \/\/sbpra.com\/BenLWalton\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49600036864273,"sku":"GOR012624327","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52756640465169,"sku":"NIN9781946539854","price":29.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1946539856.jpg?v=1751188110","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/my-writings-book-colonel-ben-walton-9781946539854","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}