David A. Lottes


Biography

David's novel "Ouabache" is a story about the soldiers and settlers from Canada, Louisiana, and France who built the first European settlements in the Wabash Valley. The novel is an attempt to help preserve their legacy.

"Pickawillany" continues the story of Ouabache. Following up on the characters lives in the years leading up to the outbreak of the French and Indian War.

His book titled "House of Fallen Timbers" is based on the first six months entries in his blog of the same title. Featuring selected entries and images from the blog. The book is an effort to make the blog accessible offline.

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Books

House of Fallen Timbers    by David A. Lottes
Price: $0.99 USD. 3540 words. Published on February 27, 2012. Nonfiction.

Selected photographs and excerpts from the "House of Fallen Timbers." A bloggers journal about building a small log cabin from dead trees and found materials on a shoestring budget. Featured in "The Art of Manliness", "Relaxshacks blog", "Tiny House blog", "Nature blog Network", and "Shedblog." The cabin won 3rd place in the Shedblog's 2011 International Shed of the Year Competition.
Pickawillany    by David A. Lottes
Price: $3.99 USD. 23290 words. Published on February 25, 2012. Fiction.

In 1743 the remote French settlements along the Ouabache were prospering in relative peace. Four thousand miles away in Austria a king lay dying, his successor uncertain. England and France were determined to place an ally on his throne. By 1752 their war over Austrian succession was long over, but their final struggle for control of North America was about to begin in a place called Pickawillany.
Ouabache    by David A. Lottes
Price: $9.99 USD. 61640 words. Published on February 7, 2012. Fiction.

Ouabache is the old French spelling of Wabash, the Algonquin word waapaahšiiki, the name the Miami Indians gave to the river that runs through Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. This is a novel about life in the valley during the French Colonial period.

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