The Souls of Quaking Pond, Paperback

An early morning earthquake rumbles across the Midwest, rupturing a rural Indiana pond. Human bones, jewelry, military gear, and other artifacts are revealed in the muck covered devastation, each connected to stories of human drama and tragedy. The Miller family discoversremnants of the pond's former residentsdating back hundreds of years. These relics invite the readeron a historicaljourney beginning with the Native American Shawnee whom were driven out by white settlers. Generations of Hoosiers follow: war veterans, pioneers, bootleggers, even Ku Klux Klanners raging through the countryside. The stories continue throughthe decades to a shy goth student from the'80s, ending with a twice widowed murderess' contribution to the pond."