Greg Minster: 12 books

Buy a small isolated cabin in a woods, and inevitable comparisons with the ‘Walden Pond’ cabin of iconic author Henry David Thoreau begin immediately. Decide to write memoires describing your first year of ownership of that cabin, and one feels Thoreau’s guiding hand with each word and idea.Blend...

BOO! The Ghost Challenge” What could possibly be more terrifying than ghosts frightening humans in a high stakes contest of fear? What could possibly be more fun than ghosts frightening humans in the same contest? The answer? Greg Minster’s playful novel, ‘BOO! The Ghost Challenge’! Every...

Young American Indian mother, Sacagawea, finds concern, humor, and tremendous irony while assisting the Lewis and Clark Expedition in its journey to the Pacific Ocean and back. One moment, she was a young expectant mother, the next, a guide on what would prove to be a remarkable and historic trek...

U. S. Civil War generals Ulysses S. Grant of the Union, and Robert E. Lee of the Confederacy, meet in a mysterious checkers match to reenact and simulate their famous battles in the final year of the conflict.

We all know words, especially written words, can haunt. Their meanings linger, keeping thoughts and ideas alive forever. Nevertheless, it only follows: If words can haunt, there must be word ghosts!The setting for "William Shakespeare Meets Ghosts in the Library", The Mead Public Library in...

“Gettysburg: Leaders, Civilians, Soldiers, and Frog Catchers,” gives a fresh ‘dialogue driven’ perspective on the United States’ greatest military battle. While not retelling the already well-known facts of the battle, the story presents lively and realistic conversations of not only the...

Mortally wounded and in a deep coma, Abraham Lincoln relives important moments of his life, and questions, in ways never done before, his decisions and actions as the 16th President of the United States.Just days later, the President’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth, also suffers from a mortal wound, and in turn questions his deed and its impact on history.

Iconic scientist Charles Darwin invites a young American protégé to his home in the village of Downe, near London, England, where the two compare notes on Darwin’s theories of evolution, and 'survival of the fittest'. The visit includes a stroll on Darwin's Sandwalk, and advice from Darwin to his visitor on persuading others to rethink their belief in the Biblical version of Creation.

“INJUNS! INJUNS! INJUNS!” The man screamed at the top of his lungs. Everyone within earshot suddenly stopped at the news. “Injuns attacking! ATTACKING!! Just north of here!”It was September 3, 1862, in the bustling pioneer town of Sheboygan, Wisconsin. And it all happened so fast: A...

Give the devil his due……He deserves it!The devil named Big Red loved his newly possessed souls. The happy and broad smiles across their misty faces thrilled him. He’d tired of the gloomy and frowning souls who’d dropped into his lair over previous years. He much preferred the most recent...

It's early spring semester, 1976, at The University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire. Gordon Murphy, a college senior studying business, suddenly lost his eyesight in a tragic auto accident the year before. After taking the fall semester off, his return to a somewhat normal life back at school will take a...

U. S. Civil War generals Ulysses S. Grant of the Union, and Robert E. Lee of the Confederacy, meet in a mysterious checkers match to reenact and simulate their famous battles in the final year of the conflict. (A one act play)