HUNTERS OF THE DAWN
A short novel set in time some 8,000 years ago. The protagonists in this work of historical fiction are a tribe of Native Americans living in the vicinity of the Columbia River, at its confluence with the Pacific Ocean. Primitive hunter- gatherers whose primary sources of food were the annual runs of salmon and smelt that entered the Columbia River to spawn at various times of the year. It is a tale of survival, courage, resilience, resourcefulness, vision, and leadership, interwoven with insights into how such early Americans may have lived, made clothing, preserved seasonally abundant food in order to be prepared for times of scarcity, defended themselves and their children and elders from predators and hostiles, passed along life-skills and domestic survival techniques from generation to generation, and traded with other tribes competing for resources. The book offers insights into the flora and fauna of the region at that time, and it explores the risk of living along a coastline under continual threat from the destructive effects of reoccurring tsunamis. It is an intriguing glimpse into an ancient world of river hunters living in the Pacific Northwest thousands of years before the North American continent was settled by Europeans.
HALT THE CARRIAGE Stories of Simpler Times
Halt the Carriage is a book of compelling stories ranging across a broad literary spectrum, with themes touching on friendship, sacrifice, childbirth, betrayal, and death set on seven different stages, spanning from the year 1900 to the mid-1980s. Sharing common themes of compassion and fortitude under fire, set in bygone days when empathy was real, and when an act of courage wasn’t something that one boasted about, but rather, it was simply what one did with quiet dignity because it was the right thing to do.
