A heartwarming historical comedy-drama based on the true stories of Sneezer the cat and Jolly the dog, faithful companions to George, a young boy growing up in Kansas City, Missouri during the 1920s. Inspired by the autobiography of Verne Pickens. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yfym...

Production stills from the true story of Thomas Whitaker. youtu.be/pvaUKicG39A

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Thomas Whitaker's mother died when he was sixteen years old, and home lost its charm for him.

A grieving English teenage artist and musician ran away to sea—becoming a sailor, missionary, shipbuilder, pioneer, and legend. He painted this self-portrait when he was only 16. Thomas William Whitaker circumnavigated the globe three times and went so far north he spent 5 months in darkness.

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At just fifteen years old, Ann Prior's life changed forever. Growing up in a humble cottage in Stepney, London, Ann admired Queen Victoria from afar, never imagining that her own family carried a remarkable secret. youtu.be/CfClz_qyMCs

Even though situated in a poor section of Stepney, London, the Prior cottage was a most attractive place, covered with honeysuckle vines and surrounded with green lawns and numerous rose bushes. There was a picturesque narrow path lined with white stones leading to the house from a low wooden gate.

Ann Prior, busily stitching in the large room of the London East End dress factory where she had been employed since she was eleven years of age, now recalled how she had deceived her trusting mother by working when her mother thought she was in school.

From the East End factories of London—where a secretly royal-blooded dressmaker, the illegitimate granddaughter of Prince Edward and the very image of Queen Victoria herself, fell instantly in love with a battle-scarred sailor, married him at seventeen, and raised their babies aboard the HMS Victory

A true life story from the autobiography of a soldier during World War I. From the scorching deserts of California to the muddy battlefields of France — George Jarvis Miles’ journey into World War I takes a dramatic turn. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uO4...

The English sailors delighted in rousing us from the deck at the crack of dawn by flushing us off our bed with cold sea water. #worldwar1 #documentary #autobiography #georgejarvismiles

I was ranking Sergeant, and I found myself confronted with a hellish situation--much overcrowded with very hungry men. Sergeant Jackson and I polished our sergeant stripes and took the pans and headed for the galley. #documentary #worldwar1 #autobiography #georgejarvismiles

We were alerted for a full-pack, all-night march to a dock where we were loaded on an English ship, the Empress Britain. We were loaded aboard like so many cattle. #georgejarvismiles #documentary #worldwar1

From Monte el Rey, I was ordered to Ft. D. A. Russell at Cheyenne, Wyoming. From there, I was sent with a train load of soldiers to Camp Merritt, New Jersey. We were alerted for a full-pack, all-night march to a dock where we were loaded on an English ship, the Empress Britain. #documentary #wwi

From sheepherder to World War I soldier, the true story of George Jarvis Miles continues in Episode 6: Becoming a Soldier. youtu.be/K3oPRd6KRVg

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We had on hand a special remedy for the malingerers who showed up when there was a long hike on schedule, or some other arduous bit of traveling. This mixture of ipecac and other revolting substances usually cured the malingered and he was marked "Duty." shorturl.at/XJFvB

My duties put me in the hospital world where, because of my pre-medical courses at college, I was considered quite fit to work in the dispensary and in the ward as assistant ward nurse to old Sgt. Eck, a German who spoke terrible English. shorturl.at/XJFvB

I asked one of the "old-timers" as I looked toward the hospital ward, "What diseases do they have over there?" I was told nonchalantly, “Most everything--gonorrhea, syphilis, T.B., typhoid, etc." I was horrified and spent the first few days using much lysol on my hands. shorturl.at/XJFvB

"We were formally enlisted at Fort Douglas, Utah, the 17th of April, 1917. There at the Fort we were initiated into army life by doing several days of K.P. I had to wash dishes for all three meals, a job that kept me doing dishes for eight hours or more each day." George Jarvis Miles's autobiography

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As I had dreamed of becoming a doctor, I joined the med corps. Richard reluctantly joined with me, although he would have preferred the cavalry. He never quite forgave me for inveigling him into the medics. - Preview of George Jarvis Miles autobiography Episode 6

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We were formally enlisted at Fort Douglas, Utah, the 17th of April, 1917. - From the autobiography of George Jarvis Miles. #wwi

Alone in the high mountains of 1914 Utah, 17-year-old George Jarvis Miles experiences the beauty and terror of sheepherding: a close encounter with a bear, and getting terrifyingly lost in the forest. This is one of the funniest & most memorable chapters from his autobiography. youtu.be/xMzmXUXPK7k

My summer experiences of four months duration had matured me from a boy of 17 to a man in wisdom and endurance. - George Jarvis Miles

My camp boss, George Baker, was a practical man, unlearned in history or literature. I told him the story of Job. Baker seemed interested and continued to turn the pages until he came to Psalms. Here he paused, and remarked "The fellow, P-Sallum, must have been quite a character, too." - GJ Miles

Teenage George Jarvis Miles used the Spanish he learned from his mother to befriend a hot-tempered Spanish herder named Jose and was assigned as his helper on a brutal trail drive. What happened next almost got him killed. This is his unforgettable true story. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqVe...

I developed a poetic love of the forest and tried to quote from Bryant, Emerson and Thoreau regarding their views of the forests and their philosophy of man and nature. I even tried my hand at writing some verse as I wiled away the calmer parts of the days when the sheep were shaded-up. - GJ Miles

The nearest I came to feeling truly happy when armed came when I was herding sheep for Panguitch Livestock Company. Then I had a .38 caliber revolver & a 25-35 Savage. These arms kept me company through the lonesome days and nights of my months with the sheep in high mountains. - George Jarvis Miles

At age 14, George Jarvis Miles bought a $4.50 single-shot rifle and spent every free hour hunting rabbits in the sagebrush — until oversized hand-me-down suits and lively Piute Indian dances changed everything. This is his hilarious and heartfelt true story. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_59w...

As the sheep were shorn of their wooly coats, they were restless at night; especially, as mentioned above, on moonlight nights, and they would often head out, with the baaing and tingling of bells. - George Jarvis Miles

We spent some 14 days to arrive at the lambing grounds. The distance by the road was near 125 miles, but we must have walked 1,000 or more miles. Some of our stops were on the run in order to keep the heard intact. - George Jarvis Miles

George Jarvis Miles was taught Spanish by his devoted schoolteacher mother before he even started school — a skill that later helped him survive as a teenage sheepherder and serve as an interpreter for Spanish-speaking soldiers in World War I. This is his remarkable true story. youtu.be/kUIc0oGXu2Y

From George Jarvis Miles' autobiography: Jose carried a Luger. At one time he became really animated as he pulled his gun to show me how he was going to kill the trail boss once we arrived at the lambing grounds. I was...leery of such careless gun handling and told him to point it away from me.

"It was at the age of 17 that I decided to find a job and earn some money to aid me in my schooling. I heard that there were sheep herds being sheared at Ghirel's Ranch, just east of Hurricane. I convinced by cousin, Richard Miles, to join me in seeking employment as sheepherders." #documentaryfilm

Richard Walker Miles, cousin of George Jarvis Miles, went with him at age 17 to seek employment as a sheepherder. #georgejarvismiles #documentary

Episode 2 sneak peak: "As luck would have it, my uncle in Price, Utah, whom I had never seen was of a rather opulent person, having plenty of good suits. He, having learned from my father, his wife's sister, that we were in need, magnanimously sent us some suits and shoes."

George J Miles autobiography: I had my first date about this time, a girl visiting St. George from Orderville. She had seen me in my working clothes as I worked in the vineyard and orchard. When I drew her attention to the fine texture of my suit, she remarked, "I like you better in your overalls."

Born a poor London street kid, George Edmond Miles immigrated to Utah at 12, survived the wild Silver Reef mining camps, married the daughter of a royal-blooded Mormon pioneer, and rose to become St. George’s beloved Patriarch — a self-taught eccentric with a voice that shook the Tabernacle.

Photo Restoration of Maurice, Mary, and Ann Miles, siblings of George Jarvis Miles

Photo Restoration: Nora Barber and George Jarvis Miles

@tilmcom.bsky.social I made this image of Paiutes in the early 1900s using AI as part of a documentary film about George Jarvis Miles who had contact with the Paiutes, using real historical images of Paiutes from that time period & George's descriptions of their dance. bsky.app/profile/livi...

Photo Restoration: Richard Walker Miles (1896–1978), cousin of George Jarvis Miles, briefly joined him sheepherding as teens, then enlisted with him in 1917 as one of the first two St. George men in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during WWI. He later married Dorothy Stegelmeier.

George Jarvis Miles: The squaw would go up and down the line of male anticipants, and...throw the wooden gage at the feet of the partner of her choice. I was a “good" Indian dancer and had a number of chips thrown at my feet. Some of the dusky maidens were quite attractive in their beaded costumes.

Image restoration of Paiute Indians in Utah, 1st in 1871, 2nd in Kanosh in 1900. The Paiutes George Jarvis Miles had contact with may have been similar to these Paiutes in dress, manner, and appearance. Made while doing research for the George Jarvis Miles documentary. #Paiutes #familyhistory #film

More shots of George Jarvis Miles: "At the age of fourteen, I finally prevailed on my parents to let me buy a Sears Roebuck .22 caliber single shot rifle...armed with this weapon I spent many hours hunting in sage and rabbit brush that extended beyond our place throughout the valley."