title: The Innkeeper
author: Keaton D Winter
description: Keaton Dell Winter was excited to arrive on beautiful planet earth and thus made his debut six weeks early. He has been a go-getter ever since. Keaton has always had a knack for telling stories and using his imagination. It's what he does best. When he is not writing, he can be found on-stage acting and singing. He also loves to spend time in the beautiful outdoors hunting and fishing with his family. He has recently earned the rank of Eagle Scout. Keaton is the middle of three children. He also has one dog who thinks she is human. Keaton has a special place in his heart for those who serve in the armed forces and their families. The Innkeeper is his third published work alongside The Great Toy War and its sequel, The Great Toy War: Summer Camp. He currently has others in the works. He has won the runner-up award in the American Spirit Essay Contest. He is 17 years old, home-educated, and lives at the base of a beautiful mountain range.
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  AUGUST lived in a little town called Hall. Hall is a favorite name for
  
  
  several towns in Austria and in Germany, but this one especial little
  
  
  Hall, in the Upper Innthal, is one of the most charming Old-World
  
  
  places that I know, and August for his part did not know any other. It
  
  
  has the green meadows and the great mountains all about it, and the
  
  
  gray-green glacier-fed water rushes by it. It has paved, streets and
  
  
  enchanting little shops that have all latticed panes and iron gra