"Middling Folk shows how one Scots-Irish family, the Hammills-millers, carriage makers, and blacksmiths-quietly lived out their lives against a backdrop of the American Revolution, the Civil War, and westward expansion. Spanning three centuries from the shores of Ireland to the Chesapeake Bay Area to the Pacific Northwest, this saga brings the early days of the founding of this country to life through the lens of the middle class. History buffs will...