David Milton McGowan

I just recieved two more reviews for Homesteader and three for Partners. I'll post the ones for Partners in a couple of days. Yes, they are both available in several digital formats and as the good old lovable book. Click on the covers to the right or take a trip to www.amazon.com/books At the last site you can "look inside  the book" to get an idea of what Brenda, Paul and Rich are talking about. From a review of Homesteader by Brenda Casto   “I found myself absorbed not only in the story, but the history lesson that I felt I was getting as the story unfolded. The plot never lags; instead it pulled me along making me wonder what might happen on the next page. Mr. McGowan skilfully crafts his words bringing to life the scenes he describes … It was easy to see that the author really did his research with this story, from the range war to the way Hank and his two Blackfoot workers build the homestead. The details really make the story seem very realist...

I've just recieved another review of "Homesteader" by Rick Follet that I'm very happy, nae, excited about and here it is: “Homesteader; Finding Sharon” by D. M. McGowan chronicles the experience of Henry ‘Hank’ James, a homesteader in British Columbia , Canada , in the late 1880’s. “Homesteader” offers a fascinating window into a brave and formative era in Canadian history. McGowan writes with a cinematographer’s eye and a playwright’s sense of dialect; the result is an easy-to-read, entertaining saga that is as determined and winning as the settlers it describes - plain spoken, honest and impossible to put down. In Henry James, McGowan has created a character readers want to cheer for. As ‘Hank’ weathers the schemes and manipulations of the portly (and aptly named) Portis Martin and struggles to keep his cattle alive against impossible odds through one of the worst winters in Canadian history, readers become personally acquainted with a colorful cast of supportin...