Bliss Bignall, who has practiced law in Coeur d'Alene for the past 50 years, has edited and published three books written by his mother betwenn 1950 and 1975 on the history of her family.

Most of the purchasers, whether of his faith or any other, have found them quite interesting, enlightening, and historical with respect to the immigrants and pioneers of the West in the 19th Century, the building of the railroads in the West, and the missionary work in the South Sea Islands by Bliss' grandfather.