Kent Kamron
(Western Pen Name)
Dvoracek is a former college teacher of German and Russian language and Mass Communications. He received a BA from Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD, an MA in German Literature from the University of Nebraska, and Ph.D (ABD) in Methodology of Teaching Foreign Language from the University of Minnesota. Originally from South Dakota, Dvoracek taught German and Russian at Moorhead State University for several years, and in 1980 he began Del Agency & Associates, an advertising firm, in Fargo.
His passion for writing overrides everything. Over the years, he has presented at various conferences, held workshops on writing and publishing, and has given numerous readings and presentations at schools, book stores and other organizations. He writes historical fiction and adventure novels under his Christian name, but utilizes Kent Kamron as a western pen name This passion for writing has kept him busy for over thirty years.
Charlie’s Gold and Other Frontier Tales © 2000
This collection of 13 short stories takes you back to the Old West, circa 1860-1900. Cowboys pushed herds into unknown lands, railroads laid the foundations for the cities to come, ranchers gathered up land, sodbusters proved up their claims and the army built their forts. From the end of the Civil War through the sad tale of Wounded Knee, the encroachment upon the Indians and Indian lands was a never-ending battle. These stories are about the people who made up the West, some good, some bad. The heroes are men and women, and the Indians in these tales reveal bits of the culture and spirituality that the white man at the time seldom understood.
174 pages, $15.95, paperback 6 x 9, ISBN: 0-9700624-0-0
Publisher: McCleery & Sons Publishing
PO Box 248, Gwinner, ND, 58040-0248.
1-888-568-6329
A Time for Justice and Other Frontier Tales © 2000
In this collection of 14 short stories of the West, cowboys amble up lonesome cattle trails where trouble is brewing. Posses chase down bandits and bank robbers, and some downright mean killers lie in wait of judgment day.
These stories stretch from Canada to Texas and from Minnesota to Montana. Forts Buford, Caspar and Fetterman are the sites for some of the cavalry stories, where soldiers portrayed an ominous presence. Scattered about, the Blackfeet, Arapaho and Sioux Indians stand fast and protective, leery of the white man’s invasion of their land.
An overriding theme of revenge and justice is prevalent in these lively tales in which men and women end up either heroes or victims.
174 pages, $16.95, paperback 6 x 9, ISBN: 0-9700624-1-9
Publisher: McCleery & Sons Publishing
PO Box 248, Gwinner, ND, 58040-0248
1-888-568-6329
The Dime Novel Man and Other Frontier Tales © 2005
A Nebraska cowboy searches out his family; a lonesome man in Iowa seeks a bride; a black schoolteacher stirs up the folks in a small Kansas town. In all of these western settings, justice and honor are the overriding themes, where, unfortunately, the good guy doesn’t always win.
Most of these 14 frontier tales are set in and around the Dakotah Territory from the mid to late 1800’s. They’re laden with cowboys, Indians, sheriffs and bad men, but along the way, some very strong women of the times play their western roles. Rustlers and horse thieves invade the frontier where justice is often handed out in strange fashion. You’ll sympathize with the cavalry soldiers who blunder their way across Indian Territory, and you’ll hate some of the downright killers.
228 pages, $14.95, paperback, 6 X 9 ISBN: 1-929763-21-2
Publishing date early 2005
Publisher: Pocol Press
6023 Pocol Drive Clifton, Virginia 20124-1333
703-830-5862
The Baltic Sea Incident © 2001
Air Force adventure during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
A C-130 reconnaissance aircraft with ten Russian linguists on board is accidently shot down by the Soviet Union. Those who survive the nightmare are faced with escape and evasion. Unknown to them, the White House and the Kremlin play the deadly game of cat and mouse diplomacy.
257 pages, $21.95, paperback, 5 ½ x 8 ½, ISBN: 1-5881-299-1
Publisher: AmErica House
Espionage/Adventure.
When a CIA agent on assignment to Prague turns up dead, Washington scrambles to find a double to take his place. The new agent has no idea he is headed on a rollercoaster ride of murder and intrigue.
Publisher: PageFree Publishing
1-866-GO BOOKS
The Mirror Man © 2005 (82,000 words)
Espionage/Adventure.
Five Star Publishing
295 Kennedy Memorial Drive
Waterville, ME 04901v
Set in the 1870’s, a young and unattractive orphan girl searches for her place in life. Her travels take her to St. Louis and eventually to the Dakotah and Montana Territories. Throughout the novel, she writes to or receives numerous letters from her benefactors, and endures many heartbreaks.
Five Star Publishing
295 Kennedy Memorial Drive
Waterville, ME 04901
The Guys from Fargo © (95,000 words)
A zany group of characters attempt to help a poor damsel out of a blackmail situation. The novel, almost in its entirety, takes place in Fargo, North Dakota.
Treble Heart Books
1284 Overlook Dr.
Sierra Vista, AZ 85635
A Time for Cowboys © (93,700 words)
Set in Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas,1869, a young cowboy gathering up a herd of cattle tangles with a posse chasing down some desperados.
An immigrant lady in Yankton, Dakotah Territory, stirs up society with her liberated lifestyle. She dresses in men’s clothing, carries a revolver, befriends Indians, immigrants and members of lower class society, and over the years entertains many suitors.
Shootout at Skinner’s Saloon © (84,500 words)
Nineteen stories of the West. Five of these western short stories are about Indians, some good, some bad. Other stories are mysteries with shootings, hangings and posses chasing down outlaws. A Pinkerton man is obsessed with catching a bank robber, a dentist stirs up a community, a freight hauler tangles with the cavalry. The men and women in these frontier tales leave behind a western legacy that is sometimes filled with compassion, but more often than not, laden with revenge and justice.
Non-fiction about stroke recovery.
The Maturing of Jonathan Pruneberg © 1976
A comedy play in two acts.
Set at the present, the play has three male and three female roles.
A guardian from the other world discovers that Jonathan is a failure because the pages in his ledger are stuck together, and he comically urges him down a path toward success and a blind date.
The Mirror Man © Espionage/adventure, 120 page script
This screenplay, from the novel, The Mirror Man, mentioned above placed third in the 2002 National Screenwriting Competition. Judges were Richard Donner, director of The Donner’s Company; John Ferraro, former producer with Paramount Pictures; Ben Smith, agent for International Creative Management. One of these three individuals judged the screenplay as first place.The Prague Double © Espionage/adventure, 120 page script
This screenplay, from the novel, The Prague Double, takes place in the mid 1970’s, when the cold war between the United States and the Soviet Union was in full force. The story takes place in Germany, the United States and Czechoslovakia.
Say Goodbye to Benji ©
A 30-minute black comedy with a cast of 10 major roles, 24 total speaking roles, plus extras. The movie short was produced in the summer of 2005, and is being circulated to various film festivals.
A vagabond passing through Fargo, ND, drops in on the funeral of Benjamin Fegerley simply with the hopes of receiving a free meal. Mistaken as a former peace corp friend of the deceased, he is coerced into delivering a eulogy to the congregation, and ends up staying at the home of the dead man. A bizarre set of circumstances eventually sends him on a mercy mission delivering Benji’s ashes back to Peru.
Bring Joe Some Canvas ® A 20-minute dark comedy
The cast of eight is made up of two male or female orderlies, Harry, a nurse, Joe, a doctor, doctor’s assistant, and Joe’s granddaughter.
Harry Donaldson, in a hospital for a minor operation, witnesses the strange, yet comical medical attention administered to Joe, an old and dying man. During the night as Harry stands next to the man’s bed, Joe believes he is talking to the Lord and says he is ready to go, so Harry accommodates him.
The Misfortunes of Willie’s Fortune
A comedy in three acts, five male and three female roles
Willie, a down and out individual, inherits an uncle’s mansion, but has to jump through hoops to keep it. His ability to prevaricate is his major asset.Channels
A one act comedy, three major male roles, one female, a host of other roles per director.
A man dies suddenly and is inadvertently sent to hell instead of heaven.
Zany, with various punishments inflicted on our poor hero.
A Case of Impersonation
A one-act comedy, three male and two female roles.
A young man poses as the attaché of an embassy in order to impress his girlfriend.
Everyone in the play turns out to be someone else.The Magic Horn
A one act comedy, one male and two female roles.
A man distraught with his wife is sent a magic horn in the mail that will rid him of his problems.
