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Dorajane Gummer
Hi, my name is Dorajane Grummer, and I write under the pen name Jo Donahue. I currently live in Sacramento, California, and Afton, Oklahoma. I grew up listening to my grandmother tell stories of her travels from Kentucky to Oklahoma and the days of living on the homestead during the 1900s-1960s. Often in the evenings, she would tell stories of how the Native Americans helped them with their farm and kept the homestead from landgrabbers. She frequently read stories to us from Zane Gray and Mark Twain. The great depression taught her the importance of being a steward of the land and protecting their family by preserving food and good land practices.
Years later, I am returning to this homestead and both her stories and new stories about this time in history. Join me in my adventures both through my characters and the stories they have to share. My website is www.jodonahue.com.