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   from . . .

Emil T. Miller (Tony)
Author <> Writer <> (Etc.)
"Like Popeye says: I yam what I yam!" - (Click it!)

September, 2005

► An Introduction by C. Douglas Sims:

Diverse and Eclectic, This site offers BOOKS and ARTICLES written by Emil T. Miller (Tony Miller), along with many other non-related items and topics of common, universal interest, comprising a compelling and eclectic mix indeed. Buttons at the top, or the links in the upper left margin will take you to excerpts of 4 of his books. Most of the articles as well, are written and presented by Tony, some are by others, but ALL are offered for your enjoyment, information and benefit with no request or solicitation of a purchase. Selling books would be nice, but for now the main purpose of our site is to entertain, inform and uplift. As Tony often says; "I have three squares and a roof over. More is not promised nor do I covet more."

                                                Tony as a younger man - about age 33
     Tony's works are written in the Historical and Western Fiction/Adventure category for the most part, books and articles of ROUSING ADVENTURE, MYSTERY and ROMANCE. They are researched and written using real occurrences of true history and set in the places where they occurred, places where he has also lived, worked, hunted and explored. Included and italicized in preludes to many chapters, verifiable and referenced anecdotes and interesting facts of history are found, along with many OLD PHOTOS, all of which tie the adventure directly to the related real historical places and events and which also use actual experiences of the small and the great, the real people who were there; all known about through old letters, photographs (some included) and diaries, from Congressional Records, old newspapers and from other material in the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. The stories themselves portray accurate history and the values of the times, but are otherwise non-political nor do they carry anyone's warped revisionist agenda. Reading time is quality time; time to escape unfettered to other lives, to other loves, to the historical yet ever-present reality of other exciting times and places.

Now Available Worldwide!
(Read an excerpt here and order ISBN 0-9748194-0-9 at any bookstore or Internet
Bookseller - it will be shipped right to your door.)

Tony Miller - January, 2010

This author is a man of Celtic (SCOTCH/IRISH) descent with diverse experience (see "Author's Bio"), many eclectic interests, and life-long hobbies which include the study of World History and World Economics, especially as relates to our present situation as Americans; all subjects on which he has spoken. He is one who enjoys a wide variety of the MUSIC found here; Classical, Rock 'n Roll and especially the Love Songs & Pops of the '50's, the Easy Listening, Musicals and Instrumentals of the 60's, 70's, & 80's, Cajun/Zydeco, Czech & Mexican Polkas, Country Pops, Bluegrass, and songs of the Civil War. Those few included of the "Civil War" are not popular today of course, but they were the "Hit Tunes" of the times. Also featured are his COOKING hints and life-long collection of his favorite RECIPES, many of which he shares here, his SENIOR and TRAVEL interests, information on the FIREARMS of WWII and others, SELF-RELIANCE and PLAIN LIVING, the SOUTH, the CIVIL WAR, our Irish/Celtic past and present heritage as proud Americans (not quasi, hyphenated Americans). A treatise on personal SELF-DEFENSE and LINKS is included in addition to the history of his O'Miller, Brock, Matthews, Mote families; those of his wife Shirley's; Pavliska, Silhavy, and Zaruba, along with other useful GENEALOGICAL INFORMATION, LINKS as well as other RESEARCH LINKS to these sources that we can all use.

CLICK HERE to see Tony's Bio and some Photos:

...and then for Friends, Family and Old Classmates, please visit:

► Tony's Family Photo Album

   ~~~ and ~~~

► Tony's Classmates
(Our School Days and Memories)

       HOWEVER, PLEASE NOTE: Although excerpts of all his books are given for you here, arrangements have not yet been finalized except for El Gato.   His other books, articles and E-Books are not yet available for sale from this site at this time (but coming soon we hope!).
     In the meantime you are invited to read the excerpts of the books provided here, bookmark our site, and contact us or sign our guest Book giving us your email address so we can notify you with one simple email when the the other writings come available.
     ...So in this sense and for the present, this site will be otherwise non-commercial in nature, but there is now and will be a few items of a personal or "garage sale" nature offered for sale from time to time - (click on the "FOR SALE!" button at the top of all the pages).
    Between then and now, we hope we can meet you somewhere out there in cyberspace, make new friends of you, that our site will uplift, inform and entertain you, and that you will be so kind as to give us your constructive comments about our site.

         Finally, please know that the author, Tony Miller, "Tony" as his friends call him, is a Christian, a Patriot, a Southron, and a political Conservative. But no matter what your leanings, you are cordially invited to join him, his family and his friends here at our site for some entertaining and informative items of broad interest.

So turn up the volume...
PICK, CLICK and ENJOY!

Doug Sims

(P. S. - I am into Computers and woodworking.) Click here to go to my page:
DOUG's PAGE

NOTE: My good friend Doug Sims, who offered you my introduction above, is also my "Computer Guru" - click on it in case you don't understand exactly what that is.
...Tony

→ An Update from Tony: ←

                                                 Ying Yang

I am currently in Southeast Asia - Thailand mostly (I go for 6 months at a time). Originally I came to research and have adventurous experiences in the process of writing my next book, which is now somewhat on the back burner while I pursue some benign and benevolent enterprises such as renovating small, remote schools, while at other times having some rather rousing and dangerous times helping Hmong refugees escape the oppressive tyranny of Myanmar (Burma), and the Communist regimes of Laos and Cambodia. These usually small groups include others such as Chinese Christians who have been run out of China, and even Tibetans. The book, if I live to write it, will probably be entitled something like:

                              "The Thailand Connection"
                                     Updated again! (somewhat)

Click the link above, if you have the interest and would like to read a more in depth of my activities and experiences, know something of the time I spent in SEA, particularly in Thailand (LOS - the Land of Smiles), amongst some beautiful, smiling, hard-working, and tolerant people. Six years on, I am still having some even more exciting times. (*)You can also click the link: "Author's Bio" if you know me and want to see what I look like after loosing 51 pounds the first three months I spent here in this hot, humid area whose people have the healthiest diet in the world according to my U. S. doctor.

...And then to see some of it through my eyes (the pictures I have taken), you can click the link below

~ Tony's Thailand Photo Albums ~
(Updated!)
* NOTE: There are about 3,000 pictures here, arranged in many captioned albums, taken on my trips to date. I have many more which I will eventually make available on this site as well. Scroll the titles and pick those first that interest you the most. ENJOY!

This is A Pictorial Presentation of my Thailand Experiences, and includes the rural areas in the central, and the mountainous areas of the north, as well as in the scenic and more touristy areas, towns and islands of southern Thailand. All of these pictures, with few exceptions, were taken by me personally, during the last 6 years of living and traveling in most main areas of Thailand, and Southeast Asia.

Also please understand that these are the “convenient” pictures I was able to take, and are not really representative of most of my life of personal adventure and work in Thailand while gathering material and experiences for a book I hope to live long enough to write – relatively few photos are of my work while living in private homes in small rural Thai villages and teaching English while doing repair work on some of their older school buildings. Nor are they of my other activities including living with and helping Hmong political and Christian refugees flee and live in their jungly, mountain redoubts where they have gone to escape the oppressive tyrannical and communist regimes of Myanmar (Burma), Laos, and Cambodia. My recent multiple fracture broken leg, occurred while living with and helping a small group of Hmong refugees in the northern mountains of Chiang Rai province near the Myanmar (Burma) border. This is only one example of such work and the times I was not able to take many pictures while “roughing it” in the mountains and jungles – not a single picture was taken there in the few days before I fell off a swinging bamboo walk bridge into a deep ravine, while carrying bamboo to help build a dwelling for a woman with 5 children who had just lost her husband to the fighting between them and the Burmese army just across the border. Other times my little digital camera (I've gone through 4) had either been dunked in a river, or broken, or ran out of storage capacity, or I had no way to replenish battery power. So what you see are mostly the “convenient” photographs.

The arrangement of the gallery is roughly in the chronological order of my time in Southeast Asia to date.

► Click Here for

~ Tony's Thailand Photo Albums ~

NEW TO OUR SITE! ~ A Weblog ("BLOG")

Come one come all! Friends, Romans, Countrymen! Lend us your ear - Kinfolk, Friends, Old Classmates, Site Visitors, jump on in, CLICK HERE and to join the fun:

► "THE FOCUS GROUP" ◄
- Quo Iratis Patriae!
...for some rousing ripartee!

Update: Because I went to Southeast Asia shortly after starting this blog, it is now languishing due to the lack of attention and guidance. I would like to see someone take it over and give it some TLC...................

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~ A PERSONAL MESSAGE FROM Tony Miller

I am compelled to say here that I am and have always been an inveterate romantic. Crusty I have been at times, and yet always with consummate and tender thoughts for those who have touched my life. I believe that if one has ever been friends with, or truly loved another, that this friendship and love never dies or diminishes, and it will be with you to the grave and beyond, no matter the circumstances - this being a thing that can neither be changed nor denied, just accepted. To all you many guys who have blessed my life, uplifted me and brought me comradeship and happiness, know that I am privileged to have been called your friend. As to those good sweet girls who I still love and who have loved me (although in earlier days, you will always be fresh and young to me), please know that each of you reside in a special little room in my heart where I go to visit you when I feel the need, and that I am thankful we all parted on good and loving terms. And to that most special girl of girls - my dear wife of these many years and the mother of my children, I have not words to express the width and depth of my love and eternal devotion to YOU, my dearest.

And so to all my special friends, (you know who you are), please know that I will never forget you or run out of love for you. If you come across this website and see this message, please do not hesitate to contact me and let me tell you again how much you have meant to me.

A tune for my special friends, past and present: (Click Here)

     For most of my life (except when I was in the U.S. Army), you my friends, have known me as Tony Miller, "Tony" being my middle name. If looking, you would never find me using this middle name, nor would you know how to pronounce my first name (like "Amil"). So if my "uppity dignified" name sounds strange to you, be assured it does to me too. Any old friends who might wish to contact me with a personal message are welcome to email me at this address:

                              tony@books-n-sundries.com

                                                          ...Emil T. (Tony ) Miller

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This is one of my favorite songs. It is by a Russian group named Dsinghis Kahn, entitled "Moscau", and it was the number one hit tune in Europe in the early 90's, for two years running!
(This is a long music download but IT'S WORTH IT!
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