Ladd/Paddock Family: A Perspective
by Bruce Ladd
$29.95 hardcover, 264 pages
Published: April 2003
ISBN 1880849-59-3

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Ladd/Paddock Family: A Perspective is about ordinary people. In part, it is the story of the first Americans, who willingly committed their pioneering spirits and their abilities to our country's development in the seventeenth century. The second, third, and succeeding generations of Ladds and Paddocks in America were likewise dedicated to the country's survival and success.

The family had its characters. Some were strong and domineering, some eccentric, and many uniquely talented. John, the devoted Quaker and first Ladd in America, was undoubtedly a brave and hardy soul to have overcome the deprivations of his time. There was never a more steadfast and determined wife and mother than Helen Harvey (Tiffany) Paddock, who watched her husband argue lawsuits in partnership with Abraham Lincoln, go off to war at age forty-six, and arrive home in a casket on the eve of her birthday. And Wayne Dyer, the crusading prosecutor who held his own in courtroom confrontations with the renowned Clarence Darrow, certainly left an enviable legacy of legal excellence.

Chapter V introduces the inveterate salesman, Clinton McVey Ladd, a true "man's man." Chapter IX ("Voyage of the Mayflower") is especially compelling because of its direct application to the history of the Paddocks. Chapter XXI ("The National Pastime") introduces dimensions of author Bruce Ladd's lifelong romance with the game of baseball.