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John M Cahill
ALLi Author Member
Location: Europe
Genres: Historical Fiction
Skills: Speaking Engagement/Lecture, Reading/Literary Event, Press/Media Interview
I was born and raised in the history-rich Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts. (Think: Mohawk Trail; Deerfield Massacre; Stockbridge Indians; Fort Massachusetts.) It was there that the works of James Fenimore Cooper, Kenneth Roberts and Walter D. Edmonds stimulated a lifelong interest in American colonial history. Later, while living in New York’s Mohawk Valley, I was able to immerse myself in the history of 17th- and 18th-century New York and to explore the interaction of the Dutch, English and French settlers and traders with the Five Iroquois Nations. Now, after a successful and rewarding career in public relations and social marketing with New York State government, I have the opportunity to share what I have learned about this thrilling period of history. I hope that you are as excited to read my stories about the early American frontier as I am to tell them.
John M Cahill's books
Primitive Passions
When Sean O'Cathail deserted in New York Harbor in 1681, it was not to become a boschloper. He jumped ship to save his own skin. Getting into the fur trading business was just where he landed. As an Irish refuge hiding out in a Dutch colony now controlled by the English, Sean found he had a knack diplomacy as he negotiated between the colonists and their Iroquois neighbors. This skill also helped with his love life, between courting a servant girl in town, while sleeping with an Indian lass when in the wilderness.
As the French and their Indian allies encroach ever deeper into Dutch-Englis territory, Sean's diplomatic skills will be put to the test. Then, he learns that more than a few pelts are at stake!