Local’s Book Takes A Look At Kosciusko Co.’s Origins
May 31, 2023 at 4:32 p.m.
Local’s Book Takes A Look At Kosciusko Co.’s Origins
By Jackie [email protected]
“Furs & Fevers” is the first historical fiction book in a series Brown is planning on writing about northern Indiana from 1825-1935.
The book follows Dominique Rousseau, who is a university-educated Canadian businessman. He inherited an international fur trade company.
By the end of the first chapter, Rousseau loses it all when Rousseau’s father’s ex-wife challenges the family will, Brown said. He now has to learn to make a living and he starts a business.
Rousseau came to the area shortly after the Native Americans moved from the Elkhart County area south. He traded with the Native Americans in the area.
“History unveils a variety of developmental turns for Indiana,” said Brown in a news release. “It’s all dramatic, but not always admirable. Many of the tribes were cheated in land deals. Numerous settlers died of fast-spreading diseases. Harsh winters, addictions to whisky, destruction of forests and misguided interventions by that national government caused chaos and challenges. I’ve strived to show the grit, determination and stamina it took to tame this land.”
In an interview May 25, Brown said she’s originally from Wisconsin and some of what she learned about Indiana history was wrong. She started researching the beginning the start of Kosciusko County. Brown is a member of the Kosciusko County Historical Society and she said some of the members were able to help her in her research.
For the rest of the series, she said the main character for the next book will be in the previous book, but may not be the main character.
“So it’s not like I’m going to follow (Rousseau’s) family,” Brown said.
She said she finished the book about 11 years ago. She had a publisher for a few years. Before that, it was a matter of finding an agent. Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit when she was looking for a publisher and no one was giving out contracts at that time. Due to that, she decided to do hybrid publishing for the book, which means both the publisher and author puts up money for the publishing of the book. If the publisher sees the author is successful at selling books, they may doing traditional publishing in further books. That’s what Brown hopes to do with her future books.
Brown recommends going to Buffalo Street Emporium in Warsaw if interested in buying “Furs & Fevers.” However, people can buy the book at Barnes & Noble, Amazon and the publishers website at www.austinmacauley.com.
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“Furs & Fevers” is the first historical fiction book in a series Brown is planning on writing about northern Indiana from 1825-1935.
The book follows Dominique Rousseau, who is a university-educated Canadian businessman. He inherited an international fur trade company.
By the end of the first chapter, Rousseau loses it all when Rousseau’s father’s ex-wife challenges the family will, Brown said. He now has to learn to make a living and he starts a business.
Rousseau came to the area shortly after the Native Americans moved from the Elkhart County area south. He traded with the Native Americans in the area.
“History unveils a variety of developmental turns for Indiana,” said Brown in a news release. “It’s all dramatic, but not always admirable. Many of the tribes were cheated in land deals. Numerous settlers died of fast-spreading diseases. Harsh winters, addictions to whisky, destruction of forests and misguided interventions by that national government caused chaos and challenges. I’ve strived to show the grit, determination and stamina it took to tame this land.”
In an interview May 25, Brown said she’s originally from Wisconsin and some of what she learned about Indiana history was wrong. She started researching the beginning the start of Kosciusko County. Brown is a member of the Kosciusko County Historical Society and she said some of the members were able to help her in her research.
For the rest of the series, she said the main character for the next book will be in the previous book, but may not be the main character.
“So it’s not like I’m going to follow (Rousseau’s) family,” Brown said.
She said she finished the book about 11 years ago. She had a publisher for a few years. Before that, it was a matter of finding an agent. Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit when she was looking for a publisher and no one was giving out contracts at that time. Due to that, she decided to do hybrid publishing for the book, which means both the publisher and author puts up money for the publishing of the book. If the publisher sees the author is successful at selling books, they may doing traditional publishing in further books. That’s what Brown hopes to do with her future books.
Brown recommends going to Buffalo Street Emporium in Warsaw if interested in buying “Furs & Fevers.” However, people can buy the book at Barnes & Noble, Amazon and the publishers website at www.austinmacauley.com.
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