The Odyssey of the Blue Swan  446 pages   $20

The setting for this historical fiction anthology of stories is along the towpaths of the Miami and Erie Canal in western Ohio near the Indiana border. A great amount of credit is given by the author to stories and memories of Daisy Gast Peters and the stories from her mother, Leanna Keller Gast. The barge canal experiences of George Gast, her father were important.