The Peacemaker

Brenda Duffey was born in Jefferson County, Kentucky. She came from a typically large Southern family (six children) that was raised on Kentucky fried chicken (not the same) and conservative Bible Belt philosophy. She received her BA degree in 1967 from a small Baptist college (Kentucky Southern) that is now part of the University of Louisville. In 1986, she received her MSW from the Kent School of Social Work at the University of Louisville. Part of the simple, homespun philosophy espoused by her father was hard work and "pulling yourself up by the bootstraps" through education. That is why she decided to enter the field of public education after receiving her BA with endorsements in history and English.
Ms. Duffey has spent over twenty-five years in the classroom in a variety of educational settings in many states including Kentucky, Indiana, North Carolina, New Mexico, and Oregon. Her focus was always on helping students from diverse ethnic groups and economic status attain competence in English communication skills as well as understand themselves and their connection to American society through understanding their past and their collective heritage. Ms. Duffey retired from teaching in 2003. At that time, she was teaching at a correctional facility for adjudicated males in Oregon. The idea for The Peacemaker originated in 1997 when she was teaching a course in Native American history at Chemawa Indian School in Salem, Oregon.
After retirement in 2003, Ms. Duffey began work on her first major novel "The Peacemaker" http://kentuckywoman.net. This is a generational saga that tells the "true" story of American history in fictional form. That novel was first published in 2009. Now, Ms. Duffey has completed a sequel to "The Peacemaker" a novel entitled "New Pangaea - An Evolution into the Fifth World." Between novels, Ms. Duffey completed a set of four short stories entitled "Finding New Pangaea." "Springtime Comes to New Pangaea" presents the back story for the main character in "New Pangaea." Other stories include, "Juneteenth" set in Ms. Duffey's old neighborhood of Portland in Louisville and "A Thanksgiving Story." The final story "The Season" is a fantasy set in a fictional land called Mid Pangaea. The main characters in all these stories are adolescent males or females facing coming of age issues. Ms. Duffey also has completed a musical stage production entitled "A Squeaky Wheel Gets Oiled - The Musical." You may visit http://angelbandproductions.com to find more information and connect with Ms. Duffey's blog, You Tube, Facebook and Twitter accounts.

About the author

Brenda Duffey is a retired teacher of English and American history who has lived and worked in public schools all over the country. For ten years in Albuquerque, NM she worked as an eighth grade humanities teacher incorporating literature and the arts into the teaching of American history. During this time, she worked with the administration to radically change the way American history was taught to incorporate all cultures that make up this country into the teaching instead of teaching white man's political history. The most important change was incorporating the history of the Indigenous people of this country whose land was taken through wars of extermination and broken peace treaties. The Covenant Chain on the front cover is a treaty made with the Iroquois Confederacy and George Washington before the American Revolution and one that was continually violated as the new United States began its westward expansion. After ten years of teaching the actual story of American history, Brenda developed the idea for a book similar to James Michener's "The Covenant" that would teach the true story of American history in fictional form. The idea remained with her when she moved to Oregon with her second husband. In 1997 Brenda was hired by the federal government to teach one semester at Chemawa Indian School in Kizer, Oregon. The course she taught was Native American history. In the library of the school, Brenda learned about the Iroquois Confederacy and the Peacemaker. She found the starting point for her book. After two years of searching for another permanent teaching position Brenda landed a teaching position at a facility in Oregon that worked with adjudicated youth. Her Master's in Social Work was key to obtaining this position. The idea for the book never left her during the time she was there - 1998-2003. A whistleblowing experience forced Brenda into early retirement in 2003 and during this time, she began work on The Peacemaker. She finished the book in 2009 and self-published the book. After two cross country book tours, Brenda decided the book needed a second printing and revised the book in June, 2010. Brenda has devoted her time to the marketing of this book since then with one vision in mind - to bring the message of The Peacemaker to a global audience in order to awaken the public to what was lost in 1776 and what needs to be done to address the challenges created by this. That vision has stayed with her through the loss of her job, widowhood and health challenges resulting from the whistle blowing. In 2018, Brenda was able to realize her vision when she moved to Charlotte, North Carolina and began a project with her older daughter. That dream was to create a model of sustainable living on 1.3 acres of land she purchased on the urban edge of Charlotte. Since then, Brenda has developed a sustainable garden, had her property listed as a certified wildlife habitat and has been busy restoring the land while her daughter has worked rehabbing the current structure on the property to use alternative energy sources. She now lives in Charlotte enjoying the companionship and support of her older daughter and finding time to spend with her younger daughter who lives in San Diego, CA. At present Brenda is busy finalizing her construction and move to her tiny home she is building on the property and planning a bigger and better garden that she hopes will serve to train urban youth about growing their own food and the principles of sustainable living presented in The Peacemaker.

Product details

• Authors: Brenda Duffey
• Publisher: Brenda Duffey Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.12.2022
• EAN: 9781958169483
• ISBN: 978-1-958169-48-3
• No. of pages: 528
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 31 mm
• Weight: 848 g
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries