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Michael Wescott Loder

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Born

Easton, PA, The United States

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http://wesloder.blogspot.com/

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History, Young Adult, Ebooks

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June 2013

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Michael Wescott Loder has climbed and caved his way across the United States, been an Air Force officer, photographer, park naturalist--and an academic librarian for more than 30 years. "Wes" has worked in eight different states, but is now retired and lives next to the family farm in a passive-solar, off-grid house he designed himself. There he gardens, writes, plays the Highland Bagpipe and watches his grandchildren grow.

Wes wrote his first childrens' story when he was seventeen, and over the last quarter century has completed 19 other stories. He published his first YA novel, "The Golden Horn," in 2007 and "The Nikon Camera in America, 1946-1953" in 2008. "Taken beyond the Ohio, the Indian Captivity of Marie LeRoy and Barbara Leininger" ...more

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	Taken Beyond the Ohio 2.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beetle: A Biography of a Virtual Girl it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Can Skinwalkers Swim? it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Nikon Camera in America, 1946-1953 by Michael Wescott Loder (Goodreads Author), Robert J. Rotoloni (Foreword by) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Tenax II: Zeiss Ikon's Precision, Fast-action Camera: A PictorialCompendium and Gallery of Work 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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New Novel: Forbidden Games

My newest novel, Forbidden Games is now available. You can order through your local bookstore via Ingram or from Amazon. A mystery and sports story for YA readers, particularly ones looking for a strong male protagonist and romance.

Forbidden Games, ISBN 9791734292916.
Price will be around $14.00.
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