In researching and writing our historical adventure Into the Americas (A novel based on a true story) – a labor of love spanning 13 years – we first came across the centuries-old diary entries of young English seaman John Jewitt in early 2002. And we immediately became enamored with this intriguing slice of North American history.
However, it took untold drafts and careful study of the region – including consultation with the tribal peoples of the Pacific Northwest – before we finally felt confident we had developed the original bare bones historical account into the epic adventure novel it deserved to be in literary format.
As with writing any novel based on or inspired by a true story, we had a million agonizing decisions to make along the way. Decisions like what aspects of the historical events needed to be added to, fictionalized or given more layers, and what could be kept exactly as occurred but expanded upon or dramatized.
Even after all these years of focusing on the history we still feel John Jewitt’s story is one of the great true wilderness survival tales of all time.
Thankfully, readers seem to resonate with this novel and it continues to attract stellar reviews on Amazon and Goodreads.
If you enjoyed Into the Americas, you may enjoy our other adventure novels White Spirit (another novel based on a true story), The Dogon Initiative, World Odyssey and Fiji: A Novel.
-Lance & James Morcan
Book’s Amazon review rating = 4.4 out of 5 stars after 187 reviews.
★★★★★ “Extremely well researched, the main character’s ‘coming of age’ is told with detached and stark brutality.” -Award-winning author Lee Murray.
Into the Americas (A novel based on a true story) is available via Amazon as a paperback or Kindle ebook: http://www.amazon.com/Into-Americas-novel-based-story-ebook/dp/B00YJKM51E/
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