Novels consistent with history but written as fiction to add dialogue and fill in the gaps of known history.
Spring House: Book 1 in the Westward Sagas is now available, and the series will continue in Book 2: Adam's Daughters.
Author David Bowles tells his ancestors' stories beginning with Adam Mitchell in the Revolutionary War.
"The book both is and isn't a family history. It is a fictional account of the author's actual ancestors, and is faithful to historical realities regarding names, places, time lines, and so on. Bowles's deep interest in both history and genealogy is palpable and he successfully tells a compelling and historically accurate story through a fictional medium... A compelling story of love, family, community, war, struggle and history, 'Spring House' is much more than any ordinary family history could be, and should leave any reader feeling both satisfied and informed."
—Arthur Erickson, Genealogy Librarian, Greensboro Public Library, in The Guilford Genealogist, Vol. 33, No. 2, Summer, 2006, Issue No. 113
"The writer made the meshing of story and history very entertaining."
—Ellen Hogan for Reader Views
"A sure fire combination of romance, war, and hardships overcome."
—Joseph N. Ware, Commander, Texas Brigade, Descendents of Washington's Army at Valley Forge