Wayne Miller
Born: in Illinois
Pen Name: None Connection to Illinois: Wayne Miller taught history in the Peoria area for 35 years. He now substitute teaches as well as writes. Biography: Wayne Miller is a builder of pirate ships, and treasure chests, and a writer of stories. Having retired from 35 years as a sixth grade History teacher, he is now substitute teaching 2nd through 5th grade , where he recognized the students’ love of hearing a good adventure story. He started constructing treasure chests and pirate ships to use as props in his oral stories. This love of History and storytelling prompted him to publish Black Dog-The Reluctant Pirate.
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Black Dog : ISBN: 1469157829 OCLC: 782954535 Xlibris, [United States] : ©2012. A ten year old pirate who is the son and grandson of longtime pirates embarks on an incredible journey to a distant island where he discovers a buried treasure chest with hundreds of gold and silver coins. Or was this adventure just a dream after spending the day digging for treasure under the old oak tree? |