Explorer! is historical fiction. That is, the dialogue is fictional, but events and many of the people mentioned were real. Certainly, Walter Wellman was a real person who had vision, determination, and leadership-all traits needed during his attempts to be the first to reach the North Pole. When that goal could no longer be realized, he regrouped his forces and set his sights on being the first to fly across the Atlantic. He conceived this idea right after Beloit, in an aircraft that was little more than a kite with an engine, succeeded in being the first to fly from Calais, France, to Dover, England-a distance of about thirty-five miles. Explorer follows in the wake of The Ice Age Saga trilogy-The Shaman's Song, The Sojourner's Tale, and Crooked Foot. Similarities between The Ice Age trilogy and Explorer! are due to the fact that they are all written as action-adventure stories and are meant to entertain readers of all ages.
About the Author: Explorer! joins the Ice Age Saga trilogy (The Shaman's Song, The Sojourner's Tale, and Crooked Foot). All are written as action-adventure stories meant to entertain readers of all ages. Notes are included to explain unfamiliar terms or expand on descriptions. While the books of the Ice Age Saga are not stories of what was, but more stories of possibilities-of what could have been Explorer! is historical fiction based on the exploits of an actual person. The events reported are true, only the dialogue is fictional. Not a party to the conversations, etc., these had to be created as the author imagined they would have occurred. As you can see, the author is a casual history and geography buff who likes to create stories based on the nuances of facts he comes across. These are colored by liberal applications of imagination supported by facts. The author produces fiction, which he feels is more fun than writing non-fiction, under his name, Evans Bissonette. His non-fiction books are published under the pseudonym, Mitch Sexton. On this list includes Pick-3 Lottery: Tips and Strategies and WTF r u sayin? The author's career spans 40 years in Information Technologies where providing documentation and training was a major part of developing applications. During this time, whether working on large-scale computers, PC's, networked systems, and PBX. The author found the success of any applications was highest when the materials were tailored to the audience to keep their attention. The author maintains a website, where he writes about his books and ideas on the background he created. He may be contacted via www.evansandrew50.weebly.com. The author and his wife, both retired, have married in 1970. They now live in a suburb of Detroit and have three adult children of whom they are very proud.