Tonawanda
Tonawanda is an Iroquois Indian word that translates to swift waters. It is the second novel in the in the Oak Orchard Series. Tommy is fifteen years old and alone. A mandatory evacuation of his small Western New York village disintegrates into complete chaos and he finds himself the only survivor. The only refuge he can find is a shallow cave in the deep Tonawanda Creek Gorge. Ingenuity and intelligence are his only assets as he tries to survive. Salvation is west toward Buffalo. He has over twenty-five miles of hostile territory to cover until he can reach the city where the military is barely holding. Enter the Red Eye War with Tommy. The adventure has only started!
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I was born and raised in rural Western New York and have been happily married to my wife Catherine for 43 years. We have three children and eight grandchildren. Retired from the military after twenty years and again from Civil Service after another eighteen. We have lived in different areas of the country from Hawaii to Virginia during the years of government service. My inspiration for writing the Oak Orchard Series are my vivid childhood recollections of that rural area of New York State. Armed only with a fishing pole and a small pocketknife I spent many summer days along the banks of Oak Orchard Creek and in the swamp. Sometimes, my dog would bristle at the thick brush and growl. I could feel the hair on the back of neck stand up straight and I was positive something was watching me.
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