The novel Tschinque (T-chink-wa) is historical fiction, based on fact about the Kirschner family's migration in 1733 to colonial Pennsylvania from Langenselbold, Germany. How they and many other early immigrants through diligence and hard work helped form the United States Of America. The grandchildren of these immigrants were the early pioneers who came to Chillicothe, on the Scioto River when Ohio was still part of the Northwest Territory. Its characters are first generation Americans, children of patriots of the Revolutionary War. They experienced a sense of adventure traveling west over the Allegheny Mountains to homestead a wilderness that would become a part of the United States when Ohio became a state in 1803. The novel tells of this time in history and of these visionary people.The main character is Daniel Karshner, the story unfolds emphasizing his life and the lives of people who crossed his path during this period of western expansionism. Daniel first came to Ohio 1796 as one of the first settlers in Salt Creek Valley, now part of Hocking County, Ohio. That first year he met and became friends with other early Ohioans, men like William Henry Harrison, Edward Tiffin, Nathaniel Massie, Duncan McArthur, and Thomas Worthington. One friendship he made that first summer was with Tcumseh, Chief of the Shawnee. In happier days their path crossed many times at Old Man's Cave and Ash Cave in the Hockhocking hunting grounds. On different sides, their last meeting was as combatants during the the battle of Fort Stephenson in the War of 1812. Daniel served as captain during the war and represented the county in Ohio State Legislature in years 1836-1837; he returned as a member of the General Assembly from 1841-1842, when construction was started on the present day capitol building in Columbus. He returned to Ohio Legislature to be a persuading voice in that governing body for friend William Henry Harrison, who in 1841 became the ninth President of the United States Of America.

The Green Drake: C.B. Johnson

Sudden tragic loss is one of man's most challenging experiences, at times paralyzing. Dealing with such loss often defines the individual.

A winning baseball coach and renowned fishing guide, Ted Weaver is a man committed to bringing out the best in others. When he and his Labrador Retriever meet the young, fragile Erin McCort, a shell of the person she had been prior to her father's sudden death, the three are drawn to a relationship which will test each of them. Can the seven-year-old heal from the loss of her father who had been the love of her life and her fly fishing mentor or will Erin, as her mother has for many years, succumb to life within and emotional wall? Can Ted help Erin without allowing a deep, personal loss from his past to overwhelm him?

Strong plot with well-defined characters in a first novel which shares the theme of mentoring with The Horse Whisperer, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Faulkner's Race at Morning.

A special treat for those who love a fly rod or o good dog and understand the healing power of Nature.
People can heal on the water!