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Author's note This book, as with many historical accounts, has elements which are fictional, i.e. conversations and the like. Hence, it is an historical novel. Beyond historical facts, any similarity to names or actual characters is purely coincidental. However, since I have lived much of what I write about, you might be surprised at what is true. My goal is to capture the mood and background of a certain era in time and I trust I have accomplished that in this novel placed at the end of World War I. It was an exciting time. The world was again at peace. Doughboys were coming home. Scientific...

There are three different accounts in history of the Cannon Massacre, the last known Indian attack in Wabash County, IL. This book ties the three accounts together with the record of famed Shawnee Chief Tecumseh (Tech-kum-thai). Tecumseh's influence was felt along the Wabash River for more than a decade. On at least two occasions he visited Vincennes, Indiana, to meet with then-Territorial Governor, Gen. William Henry Harrison. Harrison was later elected President of the United States, but his term lasted for only 36 days before his death from pneumonia. "Tippecanoe and Tyler, too," was a...