Past Works

These are past works by Dan, published and currently available on Amazon.

The Glory of the Kings (2015)

The year is 1896. The European colonizing effort known as 'The Scramble For Africa' is at its peak. Against the threat of invasion, Ethiopian Emperor Menelik II, King of Kings, Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, issues a proclamation of war and rallies his troops to the defense of the Motherland. In the far south of Ethiopia, in the small mountain town of Bekoji high on the Arusi Plateau, two brothers-Bedane and Chala Negassa-answer the Emperor's call to battle. Bedane leads a squadron of the fierce and feared Oromo cavalry north to join the Emperor. Too young to join the army, Chala is assigned to guide Haile Mikael Tesfaye, the Bishop of Ba'le Province, and help him journey north to the battle to pray for the success of the troops. This, then, is the tale of the adventures of Bedane, Chala, and Father Haile, as the Bishop likes to be called. The story takes place within the milieu of the campaigns waged by Emperor Menelik and the Italian General Oreste Baratieri, which culminate in the terrifying Battle of Adua. At Adua, Ethiopia valiantly defends its freedom and independence against the European invaders.

A Year on The bus (2010)

On any given school day in the United States of America, there are approximately 480,000 school buses on the road. They transport 26 million students. Not too many people know or care about these statistics. The school bus comes. It picks up the kids. It drops them at school. It picks them up after school and drops them at home. It disappears into the evening dusk, not to be seen again until the next morning, usually as reliably as the sunrise. But there is more to it than that... This is the story of one bus driver's first year, driving a bus named Phil, full of a feisty band of students ranging from pre-schoolers to high school seniors. These are your kids, America, and this is the epic saga of A Year On The Bus !

What the Abenaki Say About Dogs: and other poems and stories of Lake Champlain (2009)

A book of poems and stories about the history and lore of Lake Champlain, published in 2009, the 400th Anniversary of Samuel de Champlain’s arrival on the Sea Between, as the Abenaki called the water that separated what is now Vermont from what is now New York State.