Author: Paul

Author Paul R. Wonning considers himself an "Indiana Hound," because he likes to "sniff" out the interesting places and history of Indiana and then use his books to reveal them to his readers. He also enjoys gardening, American history and dabbles in writing fantasy and humorous fiction.
366 Days in History Series, Book Series, Box Set

366 Days in History Series/Box Set

Written in a “this day in history,” format, each of the two books in this collection of North American colonial history events includes 366 history stories. The historical collection of tales includes many well-known as well as some little-known events in the saga of the United States. The easy to follow “this day in history,” format covers a wide range of the people, places and events of early American history. Continue reading 366 Days in History Series/Box Set

Fiction Short Story Collection Series

The Adventures of Toby and Wilbur Complete Short Story Collection

Trouble delights in following Toby and Wilbur around. These two delightful bears drift from one adventure to another in these surprising and funny bear stories.
These nine great short stories about Toby and Wilbur’s funny adventures in the forests of Indiana will captive and amuse you.
Author’s Note – These are not children’s tales Continue reading The Adventures of Toby and Wilbur Complete Short Story Collection

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Pick Your Dinner

Pick Your Dinner
We have reached the stage in the garden season where I can go out in the garden and pick our dinner. The spring lettuce has been harvested two or three weeks ago. The winter squash and pumpkins have taken their place in the garden. The peas have already found their way to the compost heap, after yielding a good crop of both shelling and snap peas. Continue reading Pick Your Dinner

Exploring Indiana Series, Video

Video – Howard Steamboat Museum

Howard Steamboat Museum
The Howard Steamboat Museum in Jeffersonville, Indiana, Clark County, includes a huge collection of finely constructed model boats as well as the exquisite hand-crafted woodworking, furniture and other household items in the Howard mansion. The museum is an important part of steamboat history as James Howard was an important shipbuilder on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Continue reading Video – Howard Steamboat Museum

Fiction Short Story Collection Series, Sample Chapter

Sample Chapter – Hauling Out the Trash

Ricky hurried to get the last of his tasks finished. He swore that old lady Barnald hid around a corner by the milk cooler, just waiting for him to clean the slicer. She always came to the counter after he finished it, and then sprang on him, wanting him to slice one of those messy, gooey canned hams. He then had to dissemble it and clean it again. As he finished cleaning it the second time, the last job for the night was waiting for him by the back door of the grocery store he worked in. Continue reading Sample Chapter – Hauling Out the Trash

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Sample Chapter – Indiana State Museum History

Indiana State Librarian R. Deloss Brown began a collection of minerals and curiosities that that he displayed in a cabinet. His goal was to try to preserve some artifacts from the state’s earliest history. This “Cabinet of Wonders,” grew as Civil War veterans and others gave him items to keep. The contents of the collection were varied and soon needed organizing and labeling. Continue reading Sample Chapter – Indiana State Museum History

Exploring Indiana Series, Sample Chapter

Visiting the Wilbur Wright Birthplace & Museum

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The Wilbur Wright Birthplace and Museum affords visitors an excellent place to learn about one of Indiana’s most famous native sons, Wilbur Wright. The Wright family had extensive ties to the Hoosier state, having resided at various places in Indiana during Orville and Wilbur’s formative years. The home is the site of Wilbur Wright’s birth. It is where he spent his early childhood. Continue reading Visiting the Wilbur Wright Birthplace & Museum

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Batesville’s Umbrella Sky Project

Batesville’s Umbrella Sky Project
Residents and visitors to Batesville have undoubtedly noticed the colorful display of umbrellas in the skies above Sesquicentennial Park in downtown Batesville. Part of the Umbrella Sky Project, the vibrant display has its origins in the small Portuguese village of Águeda, Portugal. The display began as a quest to attract customers to the village’s downtown area. Each year the Ágitagueda Art Festival displayed public art on a store filled street in the town. The problem was, the art works on display kept disappearing. Local artist Patricia Cunha began pondering an idea that would put the art out of reach and thwart would be thieves. She drew her inspiration from a fantasy-like scene from the popular movie starring Dick Van Dyke and Julie Andrews called Mary Poppins. Continue reading Batesville’s Umbrella Sky Project

Dark Fantasy Novel Series, Sample Chapter

Sample Chapter – Campout – Chapter 1

Johnny Berg pressed down on the brake pedal, bringing his bike to a rasping halt as the tire scratched a deep gash in the gravel. The smell of fresh mown summer hay from the field on one side of the road filled his nostrils. The June heat of summer had brought a fresh coating of perspiration to wet his shirt. Summer vacation was just starting and already the boys were searching for fresh adventures. Johnny was twelve and at an age that adventures came readily to mind. Continue reading Sample Chapter – Campout – Chapter 1