Jack Dale's Books

PALEFACE SQUAW an original novel, 352 pages published 2002, price £7.99. ISBN 0-9526532-2-2

The mountain men, or beaver hunters, initiated the exploration and exploitation of the American West long before the gold-fields of California were discovered, before the homesteaders trekked across the plains and before the cowboys became a legend. In many ways they were tougher, bolder and more adventurous than those who followed them. To stay alive they had to accommodate themselves to a harsh climate and to the existing occupants of the territory, the American Indians. Where they could, the mountain men lived with the natives, sharing their lives, and their women. No white woman joined them until Gracie Lewis turned up, to be called, contemptuously, "nothing better than a paleface squaw". Seventeen-years-old, reaching eighteen, this is her tale, how she showed herself as courageous and hardy as any man and survived, at a price, while experiencing every kind of emotional state, from intense fear to intense love, emerging triumphant at the end.

.

This long awaited and well researched novel is Jack Dale's latest work.

WHERE THE TREE FALLS a paperback original, 528 pages published 1999, price £8.99. ISBN 0-9526532-1-4

The tale follows the lives and adventures of Mollie O'Shea and her family, particularly her adopted son, Michael. A heroic survivor, her story begins in 1900 when she is eighteen and is told with warmth and passion in Book One, called "Mollie's Destiny".

Book Two recounts what happens to Michael as he grows up in the years of political conflict between left and right, including the second world war, and ends in 1953. The story is about the feelings and passions of men and women during a period as dramatic as any in the history of the human race.

Critical comments:

"This novel is well designed. The tale gripped me." Stanley Middleton, Booker Prize Winner.

"An epic novel, "Where the Tree Falls" is a highly readable semi-autobiographical work of fiction with historical overtones." Pete, lead guitarist of "Red Monkey", Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

"I loved every page. I slowed up towards the end, rationing myself because I didn't want it to finish." Susan Stevens, from Bramhall, Cheshire, in a letter to the author.

"Many thanks for giving me so many hours of pleasure." Elsie Williams, from Poole, Dorset, in a letter to author.

THE MAN WHO LIVED ONCE, and other stories. Paperback original, £5.99. Published 1996, ISBN 0 9526532 0 6.

Nearly 3000 years ago, in the Iliad of Homer, the question was asked if it were better to live nobly like a king and die young, or live like a beggar to old age. At the end of the second millenium, we put the question differently, but it's the same one: how best to live life.

Some have everything, wealth, fame, looks. Some have little but despair.

Whatever the case, time is brief for all. These short stories present characters who live dramatically in the present and strive vigorously to make sense of their existence.

Jack Dale's first book which was well received and sold well.

All the above books can be obtained through most bookshops or via the Internet (Amazon). Alternatively, you may send a cheque payable to Avventura Press at 15 London Road, River, Dover, Kent. CT17 OSF, and copies will be directly sent to you.

For The Man Who Lived Once" the price is £4 (four pounds) which includes postage and packing.

For "Where the Tree Falls" please send a cheque for £7 (seven pounds) for a copy to be sent.

Both of the above books are available as a special package offer of £9 (nine pounds) which will also covers postage and packing.

For a limited period you may order "Paleface Squaw" at £7.99 post free to the UK mainland.



    AVVENTURA PRESS
BRAESIDE, 15 LONDON ROAD, RIVER, DOVER, KENT CT17 0SF

	The mountain men, or beaver hunters, initiated the exploration and exploitation of the American West long before the gold-fields of California were discovered, before the homesteaders trekked across the plains and before the cowboys became a legend. In many ways they were tougher, bolder and more adventurous than those who followed them. To stay alive they had to accommodate themselves to a harsh climate and to the existing occupants of the territory, the American Indians. Where they could, the mountain men lived with the natives, sharing their lives, and their women. No white woman joined them until Gracie Lewis turned up, to be called, contemptuously, "nothing better than a paleface squaw". Seventeen-years-old, reaching eighteen, this is her tale, how she showed herself as courageous and hardy as any man and survived, at a price, while experiencing every kind of emotional state, from intense fear to intense love, emerging triumphant at the end.
.
This long awaited and well researched novel is Jack Dale's latest work.