maps of the sky to study , historical fiction....
how can I write a historical fiction about the early american colonists pre-revolution without romanticism that misleads what the truth of our image is today? How can I give comprehensive relevance of a surviving spirit that we have drawn from ?
the depths of this genera has been studied in depth by others than I whose concepts I have abstracted in my own clumsy fashion , remnants of family history , and my own fantasies drawn from popular media and experiences.
Paul Longmore's books about George Washington and The Salem Witch Trials hold concepts about changing views americans have re-created about their own historical images. He questions how the image of Washington we see today differs from the Washington viewed through the eyes of his contemporaries. He theologically reasons why the Salem Witches were burnt and provides an insight to early american experience.
I've drawn on my own family's history, from their landing in nearby Slater's Ferry, and their lives before moving westward to settle the most fertile tall grass of the great plains to ranch. | 
