Jan Wells, author speaks to us

 I have recently published an historical fiction novel called ‘Taming the Wild Grape’. It is a fictional account of some distant ancestors of mine who bought land in the Western Reserve - an untamed and uninhabited area that later became the State of Ohio in America. The book, set in the 1800s, follows the lives of the Pelton family as they relocate to Ohio from their home in Connecticut. It is the story of one man’s dream to create a home for his sons and to build a township in the wilderness during a time that was fraught with danger.

In order to write this novel I have spent the past four years researching my connection to this branch of my family, the history of the township in which they settled, and daily life in America at this time. And I have enjoyed every moment of it.