Barbara Reaume Sandre has spent over twenty years doing genealogical research on her family. She is a member of the Essex County Genealogical Society. Barbara taught mathematics at St.Clair College in Windsor and then at Essex District High school for 28 years.

She is enjoying her fourth year of retirement. Barbara lives in Windsor, Ontario, with her husband Richard. They have two daughters. She also runs a small gift shop in her home and in Grand Bend. When not doing research or working in her gift shop, Barbara enjoys gardening, bird watching, and shopping.

" . . . And His Son Robert" is the second in a series of novels about the author´s Reaume ancestors. It follows the harrowing experiences of Robert Reaume, a true first generation Canadian and a voyageur. His travels brought him from Montreal to Detroit, Michilimackinac, Indiana and beyond. His expertise and reliability as a paddler and a trader landed him a contract to escort Madames Cadillac and de Tonty to join their husbands, the commandant and second in command at the new fort in Detroit. It is a moving love and adventure story which weaves into it the history of our great country in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Un jeune home, un pays vaste; sauvage. Une histoire tellement vraie que vous savourerez sa passion et vous vous délecterez dans la Nouvelle-Angleterre. Une histoire d'amour ardente entre un aventurier fougueux et une jeune orpheline emportée de force par un roi en quête de pouvoir et de fortune. Les vies de René et Marie dévoilent la difficile réalitéê qu'est de bâtir une vie dans un nouveau pays rempli d'épreuves et de conflits.

Pete is the true story of a baby bird that fell out of the sky and into our pool. In rescuing him, Pete touched our lives in many beautiful ways. He provided my daughters with an excellent opportunity to show their care and dedication to another living creature. He taught us a few wonderful lessons on knowing when to nurture and knowing when to let nature takes its course. He provided our beloved dog CJ with yet another way to show her loving gentleness and comical curiosity. And lastly, he provided me with an exceptional story to tell to my darling granddaughter Rya about her mother.

One young man, one vast, wild country. A story so real you will taste its passion, and revel in the strength and endurance of the men and women of New France. A poignant love story between a tempered adventurer and a young orphan swept away from her home by the King's dreams of wealth and power abroad. René and Marie's life story unveils the harsh realities of building a life in a new country fraught with hardship and conflict.