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My four books are set partially or entirely in Maine, with the majority specific to northwestern Maine. Each title has a different storyline, but the location remains the same, whether in the historical fiction , A Long Way to Walk or the purely fictional Stranded. Life in the Backwoods is fiction; however, the setting is western Maine and mirrors the location of a once well-known sporting camp. Last Hike deviates somewhat from the unorganized Franklin and Somerset County townships. This story begins in southern Maine and shifts to Switzerland and back to Maine.
Books ship from Maine Authors Publishing
Thomaston, Maine
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A Long Way to Walk
Historical Fiction. A young English family finds itself stranded in Quebec City. Without a job, Robert Forbes must join his brother in the District of Maine. He learns of a footpath that begins on the south side of the St. Lawrence River and ends at the Kennebec River in the District of Maine. The family's trek through the Canadian and Maine wilderness is fraught with danger and isolation.
6"x9", 275 pages, with illustrations
$18.95
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Life in the Backwoods
David Cooper dreamed of owning a remote sporting camp in Maine catering to hunters and fishermen.
A dream not shared by his wife. What he did without Carol's knowledge nearly ruined their marriage. As the two struggled to make the sporting camps successful, nine miles from Third Carry Pond, in Dead River Plantation, two prominent businessmen feud over water rights to a spring. Tempers and egos escalate to the point that one of them pays with his life. But who did the deed?
6"x9", 260 pages
$18.95
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Stranded
Dan Simmons saw being fired by an engineering firm in Bangor, Maine, as the perfect opportunity to spend the winter with his wife, Kathy, at their cabin on a remote pond in northwestern Maine. They enjoyed their time snuggled in their cabin until the weather dramatically changed. As their food supply dwindled, they knew they needed to leave before all their food was gone. Ten miles south of Kathy and Dan's cabin, three families of backwoods survivalists lived by raiding camps and stealing food and anything of value. Frankie, the clan patriarch, was mad at the world and became absorbed in trying to stop Kath and Dan from escaping the mountains. It was a game of cat and mouse, and Frankie enjoyed every minute of it.
6"x9", 273 pages
$19.95
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Last Hike
Against his wife's wishes, a seventy-eight-year-old man makes one last hiking adventure to Switzerland. His ten-day hut-to-hut trek takes him through a spectacular section of the Swiss Alps until he becomes disoriented in a freak snow squall. A misstep and a fall place Jim in a situation he cannot escape. Now, it is up to his son to find out what happened.
6"x9", 217 pages, with illustrations
$17.95