Bøger af Dan Bomkamp

The art of hunting and fishing has never seen this kind of humor. Dan Bomkamp tells his tales about him and his new-found young companion as they experience the great outdoors in one side-splitting advenure after another. There's never a dull moment while these two are together, whether it be on the ice, in the woods, on the water, or in the back yard. The Adventures of Thunderfoot is sure to tickle your funny bone.

Mike Daniels has lived his entire life in Wisconsin and is completing his master's degree. When he gets an opportunity to do a study of invasive species he jumps on it. The problem is that the study takes place in the Florida Everglades. Mike is used to the Wisconsin river where the biggest threat is a snapping turtle. The Everglades are full of nasty things that bite and squeeze and are just downright terrifying. He has no idea what is in store for him.

We met Jalal in Bringing Ethan Home. He was an orphan boy who lived in Afghanistan and helped the Marines stationed there as a translator. He was befriended by Ethan Randall who was injured severely in a roadside bomb blast. Ethan survived but felt that he was at fault for his friends and his military dog being killed. He found out that the dog had survived and was last seen running up the mountain with Jalal. In this book we find Jalal in an airplane headed for Wisconsin. He was rescued from the Taliban and is now starting a new life in America. This is Jalal's story.

Two teenagers and their dog are awakened in the middle of the night when an intruder invades their campsite in a remote Wisconsin valley. Little do they know that this encounter will lead them on an unbelievable adventure and an extraordinary friendship with a most incredible wild creature.

The summer of 1975 promised excitement and adventure for twin brothers and college students Mike and Mark, working aboard the greatest ship on the Great Lakes-the Edmund Fitzgerald. She was a 729-foot-long behemoth that had been carrying freight the lakes for nearly 20 years; the twins were seeking first-hand knowledge and experience for their chosen field of engineering. But when the November gales blow, it means deadly danger to any ship on the Great Lakes. As fate would have it, the twins are separated for the November 10th trip... the final voyage of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

Brandon, a young pilot and his friend, Matt, fly into the Canadian wilderness on their way to their parents' newly acquired fishing lodge on massive Lake of the Woods. An unexpected raging spring storm forces them down on one of 14,000 islands. The two young fliers face the prospect of a long wait for rescue. But a chance meeting in that wilderness changes their lives forever.

Ethan Randall has always been a big brother to his younger next-door neighbor and best friend, Marshall Crawford. But his high school days end, and serving his country in the military becomes his top priority. During one last fly-in fishing trip to Canada with Marshall and their fathers, Ethan risks his life to save his friend as tragedy ends the outing. Ethan becomes a bomb-dog handler in the Marine Corp, and when the unthinkable happens in Afghanistan, it's up to Marshall to make sure that Ethan doesn't give up on the difficult journey back to health. He knows that a true friend should always be there.

It's the summer all boys dream of... the summer when they turn 16 and they can drive a car. This is the summer of fun for your friends from the Gosey--Dewey, Chick, Dougie and Dan--as they expand their territory and broaden the scope of their hilarious antics. It's all possible now, thanks to "Big Edna," Dewey's first car, a 1953 Plymouth. Even if you haven't read THE GOSEY, you'll enjoy the escapades of these four friends as Big Edna takes them around town and across the state on wild, new adventures.

The importance of friendship is captured in these stories of growing up in a small town on the banks of the Wisconsin River. Between favorite summertime activities like fishing, swimming, camping and baseball, Dan and his three best buddies find ways to earn spending money to carry them through a very memorable summer. And when you are thirteen... summer is ALWAYS better than school!

"The winds of hell were loose on the Mississippi River on Armistice day and night in 1940. They came across the prairies, from the south and west, and met a frigid cold front from Canada creating a mighty, freezing, invisible force. They charged down from the river bluffs to the placid stream below and reached with deathly fingers for the life that beat beneath the canvas jackets of thousands of duck hunters. Dan Bomkamp has added a touching story of friendship amoung several young boys caught up in this deadly 1940 storm.

Disasters can't spoil a long-awaited dream of boyhood adventure for life-long buddies, Ladd and Tone, and their newfound friend, young Willie. They discover that their summer of leisure and fun building and living in a cabin on a remote Wisconsin River island is occasionally interrupted by dangers they didn't anticipate. An unexpected opportunity offers them a spectacular grand finale to their summer vacation--an adventure of a lifetime--to retrace the voyage of the first great explorers who conquered the unknown Wisconsin River. Their 200-mile journey by boat lures them into a life-threatening dilemma and they are forced to conquer the river in their own way.

Orphaned at thirteen, Tag learns quickly that Foster home life in Chicago is not his style. After a brush with the resident bully, Tag runs away, hopeful he will find a friend in Wisconsin who he only knows as a character in his favorite book, and who he believes is real. On the run as a fugitive, danger lurks around every corner. But he has seen his destiny in a recurring dream that he doesn't understand, and his desire for discovery urges him on.

Four years ago Andy and Trevor went on a treasure hunt in a cave known as Bogus Bluff. Now college students, they find information about another treasure, a sunken 1800's riverboat that was carrying over 300 pounds of gold. They're just itching for another adventure, hoping that they'll be able to solve the mystery of this missing boat and a pile of gold.

For over 200 years the stories have been handed down through the ages about a fortune in gold hidden on a high bluff overlooking the Wisconsin River. An ancient cave called Bogus Bluff is said to hold millions in gold coins. Over the years, hundreds of people have searched for the mysterious treasure without success. Will best friends Andy Benish and Trevor Ingalls have the same luck? Or can they unlock the secret of the Lost Treasure of Bogus Bluff?

Hang on to your huntin' cap and get ready to laugh! Even if you haven't read the first two books of the Thunderfoot series, you'll enjoy this collection of hilarious outdoor adventures during the last year that Dan and Thunderfoot spend together as hunting and fishing buddies. Although Thunderfoot is growing up, he's still a kid at heart, and he's mastered the art of keeping good-natured Dan on the receiving end of the pranks and jokes. Thanks, Thunderfoot.

Anton Sands has it all. He's living the life any thirteen year old would love on his family's newly-acquired rural farm. He has his own fishing pond, a trail bike, lots of great territory to explore and a best friend, Patrick, his beagle. But it all changes one hot and humid night when Anton and Patrick are torn from their tent while camping at the pond and sucked into a killer tornado. The terror lasts only a few seconds, but when Anton wakes up, he can't move, and Patrick is not there to help. Can his life ever again be as he once knew it?

Our intrepid treasure hunters Andy Benish and Trevor Ingalls have searched for old gold in The Lost Treasure of Bogus Bluff and The Treasure Hunters and in this third installment of their adventures they are looking for new gold, placer gold left behind by the glaciers. And it's right here in Wisconsin.

The mischievous but charming Thunderfoot will have you rolling with laughter as he and Dan share more wild adventures in the Great Outdoors! Even if you haven't read THE ADVENTURES OF THUNDERFOOT, you will enjoy this second volume of humorous stories of two hunting and fishing pals. Thunderfoot is a little older, and he's still very good at getting one over on his best friend and outdoor mentor, Dan.

Fourteen-year old Eli Campbell buried his family one by one in late winter of 1861. They'd all died of smallpox, but by some miracle Eli didn't contract the deadly disease. When spring came he made a new friend in Henry Dillon, a local tailor. Then the winds of war begin to blow as the south talks of seceding from the Union. Dillon organizes an artillery battery since he'd had such experience as a boy from New York State in the Mexican/American War. Eli wanted to go, but at fourteen, the army would only allow a boy his age to join as a musician to play drum, bugle or fife. Eli jumped at the chance to participate in this grand adventure, although he had no idea what he was getting into.

Summer is a thrilling time for four boys who have turned thirteen. The fun never stops as Dougie, Dewey, Chick and Dan swim, fish, camp, play baseball, and find ways to earn spending money. What more could they want... until... they turn sixteen, and the summer becomes magical with the addition of a 1953 Plymouth they affectionately call "Big Edna." The car stretches horizons beyond their wildest dreams, and transports them to new destinations and more fantastic adventures.