Mentoc is an Indian Adventure novel that is based on actual places and events. I lived on this farm from the age of 4 until the age of 18 and spent many hours in these woods just as I describe. The piles of stone chips do exist just as described. The Indian burial graves are still there. And the deer are still hunted in the same areas. The time spent in these woods and on that bluff prompted me to write this novel. Since I am part Indian I feel very close to Mentoc even though I am part Cherokee and not Osage. Hunting and providing for the family is a brave's responsibility and he must...