Below is a selection of publicly available readings for anybody who is interested to learn more about a specific branch of history I’ve outlined within this website. If you have some suggestions, please do share!

about the Baltics and the Russian Revolution

• A Baltic Odyssey: War and Survival by Jurgen and Martha von Rosen | Two first hand accounts of the Russian Revolution in the Baltics.
• The Russian Album by Michael Ignatieff | Chronicles of five generations of Michael Ignatieff’s Russian family, beginning in 1815. This book isn’t directly related to our Baltic side of the family, but it gives a very good account of the strife a noble family in the Baltics and Russia underwent as the Bolshevik revolution took over the land.

about the Cape Bretoner’s

• I am Mary …best Grade ‘A’ Love | memoirs of Mary (Tobin) Shepherd edited/typed by daughter Sheilagh Sims | This book goes into detail about Mary’s life growing up with the Tobin clan (John (Jack) Tobin and Viola Lamont family) and then Mary’s journey in starting a family of her own with Jack Shepherd (aka. Ben Grossman), filled with little stories and memories of Mary’s throughout the history. An enchanting read giving insight into the life of a Cape Bretoner.