Swanson's novels are cleverly interwoven stories about American history which leave you entertained and enlightened. His prose is crisp and swift. His work is well-sculpted and tautly written, always captivating. To order your author's signed copy, order directly from the selection of books listed below. ​
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TEARS OF SORROW

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TEARS OF SORROW
A Free Nation Lost
​2018 NEW Release!

The Black Hills are lost, the Bozeman Trail is closed, Custer is defeated, cherished Sioux leaders are murdered, and the final injustice is delivered at Wounded Knee Creek.

Anton McAllister leads his Dakota family west to escape the white backlash of the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 as told in Swanson’s preceding award winning novel, The Thirty-Ninth Man. 
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THE THIRTY-NINTH MAN

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THE THIRTY-NINTH MAN
​A Novel of the 1862 Uprising
2013 Best Book Read!

The Thirty-Ninth Man is a historical novel culminating with the mass execution of thirty-eight men, the largest mass execution in the history of the United States.

August 19, 1825, in a place called Prairie du Chien, Michigan Territory, under the guise of concern but wrapped in a cloak of deceit, the federal government began a series of treaties with the Sioux Nation that would lead to the outbreak of the Sioux Wars, and the end of a way of life.

THE WILD WAYS

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THE WILD WAYS
​Mystery of the Hanging Tower
A Whimsical Story!

A loudmouthed squirrel named Chatter, a fidgety gopher named Archie, a raccoon with special powers named Ring, and all the animals living on their Enchanted Island select ten-year-old Oscar Johnson to receive the Wild Ways, the language that allows animals to communicate with each other.

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