I’m a professional story teller and lecturer. I love to interact with people of all ages in costume as: Marie - Oxcart Cook 1858 Mrs. Anderson, Preacher's wife - 1890 Annie - Homesteader - 1898 Charlie Parkhurst - 1840's woman stagecoach driver Rosie the Riveter - 1940's Feminist Nosy Nellie Bly -women's treatment investigator - 1890's Amelia Jenks Bloomers - Women's Dress reformer - 1850's Jeannette Pickering Rankin - 1st woman elected to congress 1916 or to tell
I’m an experienced historical fiction writer and write plays for all types of community celebrations.
I do Youth Writing Conferences and create Story Tales
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AMERICA BOUND Bjorn, eighteen and considered an adult by Nordic Mountain standards, seeks his fortune to the New World in 1790. His adventures of working his way on a raft, a three-masted schooner, and as a scout on an oxcart and wagon train place him in unfamiliar and exciting situations as he pursues his dream of seeking his fortune along the Red River of the North in the Northwest Territories labeled the land of Milk and Honey. Available on Kindle and Amazon.com or by contacting me. TO ORDER direct PLEASE use my e-mail provider at JanSmithAuthor@yahoo.com COST: $15.00 - USA $18.00 out of USA Shipped book rate included in cost. CONTACT ME for a Signed Copy
FINALISTin theGREAT AMERICAN STORY CONEST 2018 I am one of four finalist of 153 participants in the Second Annual Great Minnesota American Story Contest sponsored by Park Rapids Lakes Area Arts Sept. 232017 I told Marie's story from my book COOKING ON THE OXCART TRAIL 1858. Cooking on The Oxcart Trails 1858 Campfire and Camp Oven Fixings The struggles of trail travel and cooking in 1858 are told by Marie in her journal, written along the trails which ran for her from Fort Riley Kansas to Fort Abercrombie on the border of the Minnesota and the North Dakota Territories. She details the difficulties of travel for the oxcarts, wagons and people. Her journal includes frontier recipes for food and remedies which were prepared over campfires or using camp ovens in rudimentary settings. Available on Kindle and Amazon.com or by contacting me. TO ORDER direct PLEASE use my e-mail at JanSmithAuthor@yahoo.com for a Signed copy COST: $15.00 - USA $18.00 out of USA Shipped book rate included in cost.
NORSE TROLL TALES FY and AINA
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Crossing the Arctic A Norse Troll Story First book in the Nordic Troll Tales series
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Goose Crossing A window of life in the early 1900's, GOOSE CROSSING represents a typical small community with a Scandinavian background in the Red River Valley area on the Minnesota and North Dakota border. It is the story of personal relationships that arise through the social interactions of the business people who develop the area. Available on Kindle and Amazon.comor by contacting me. TO ORDER direct PLEASE use my e-mail provider at JanSmithAuthor@yahoo.com COST: $15.00 - USA $18.00 out of USA Shipped book rate included in cost.
Homesteading the Land 1890
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Remembering the Maine, 1898
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Second in Series: Historical Fiction Available on page: CONTACT ME JanSmmithAuthor@yahoo.com
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