David Gidmark

David Gidmark was born in Wisconsin and educated in Wisconsin, California, and in France. He has written scores of short stories and many novels and nonfiction books. He speaks Algonquin, Tahitian, English, French, Swedish, and Spanish.

He wrote his first novel in Federal prison where he was incarcerated for taking (twice!) the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to the U.S. Supreme Court.His best known book is "Birchbark Canoe:Living Among The Algonquin" (Firefly Books),which CBC called "A Canadian outdoor classic."J.C.H. King of the Britsh Museum said,of Gidmark's book "Building a Birchbark Canoe",that it is an "excellent" work for "present and future generations."

He has been a consultant to the British Museum and the National Museums of Canada and a bichbark canoe he made is in the National Collection.Gidmark is perhaps the most widely published legal journalist in the world.

His first e-book is the anti-war novel "Pacem in Terris" (Manhattan House).He has many novels and scores of short stories which will be published shortly.

Gidmark travels extensively,spending much time in Tahiti with his wife,Ernestine.They have traveled widely in Siberia and elsewhere.

Gidmark cared for his mother and father in their dying time.