Boy Centurions: A Millennium of Young Lives

What was it like to be a boy at the turn of the first millennium --- the Year 1000? An 11-year-old Saxon named Edmund knew, and now he shares it with you. Every turn of the century thereafter, from 1100 to 2000, another boy shares his story. Learn about a world almost lost in the mists of the past through the eyes of eleven real boys, all the author's actual ancestors. Lavishly illustrated. Includes extra material for learning and study. Ideal for homeschool use in history, social studies, geography, spelling and vocabulary.

About the Author
Hogan, Brian: - Born and raised in the Los Angeles area, Brian has since lived all over the planet. From Navajo Land in Arizona to the far-flung steppes of Mongolia, the Hogans' had more than thirty homes on five continents. Brian enjoys history and climbing out as far as he can on the branches of his family tree. The boys in this book were all found on those long and thick branches. Traveling extensively, Brian speaks all over the world and teaches young people to live and work in cultures very different from those they grew up in. He is passionate to let every nation know about God's open invitation to join His family.Looman, Helen: - Raised in the tiny town of Fraser, Colorado (400 residents at the time), Helen has lived in such varied places as New York City; Salmon, Idaho; Desamparados, Costa Rica; and Dambadarjaa, Outer Mongolia. In Mongolia she homeschooled missionary kids from Kindergarten to eighth grade and taught English as a second language to ages four through seventy. Helen was also helped begin the first Christian Women's meetings in Mongolia, that eventually became Women's AGLOW Mongolia. She returned to the United States in 1996, where she currently resides with her husband and dogs in Southwest Colorado. Helen's many travels to Europe, Asia and the Middle East, has given her a deep love and appreciation of historical time and place, which made working on this book a thorough delight. Helen and the author served together in Mongolia in the first half of the 1990s.Locke, Heath: - Graphic Design. Photo. Video. Creativity has followed me around all my life. No matter where I found myself I ran face first into it. After many years of frustration and failed attempts to avoid its nagging ability I decided to befriend it. Peace has been made and a happy relationship has been formalized. We currently live happily ever after creating and designing. Heath and his wife have lived in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga, South Africa; Brady, Montana; Portland, Oregon and the Central Valley of California.