Into the Americas (A novel based on a true story)

Against all odds & after more than a decade of writing and research, my epic historical adventure novel Into the Americas, co-written with Lance Morcan, is currently one of the bestselling books on Amazon...Out of 7 million+ book titles on Amazon.com, INTO THE AMERICAS is, as of this evening, one of the top 5,000 books in terms of sales:

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,141 Paid in Kindle Store
#8 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Action & Adventure > Sea Adventures
#9 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Action & Adventure > Travel
#10 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Historical Fiction > European

I'm feeling grateful to the worldwide reading public...Thanks very much to all those who took a punt on the book based on the synopsis and cover. Since this historical fiction title was published about 6 months ago, reports on the reading experience from book buyers have been excellent and I'm really happy that the story is resonating with the public. If any of my buddies here on Goodreads would like a free copy then just contact me and ask.






Into the Americas is the end result of 13 years of research and writing. We first came across the centuries-old diary entries of young English seaman John Jewitt in early 2002 and 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".

Our writing/storytelling process continues as we have since adapted INTO THE AMERICAS to a feature film screenplay and are currently working toward getting a period movie produced.

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.

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