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James alexander craig thom may 26, 1933, gosport, indiana is an american author, best known for his works in the western genre and colonial american history which are noted for their historical accuracy borne of his painstaking research. Born in gosport, indiana to julia and jay thom, two medical doctors, he graduated from the journalism school at butler university in 1961 and. James also answers to james a thom, james a thom, james alexander thom and thom james alexander, and perhaps a couple of other names. He once was a professor of journalism at indiana university, and. Thom, james alexander thom gained his education in indianapolis at arsenal technical high school and butler university, which later awarded him an honorary doctorate of humane letters. Prequel to signtalker 2000, introducing an 18thcentury female shawnee indian chief whose pursuit of peace leads to endless conflict with lovers, friends, and foes we meet nonhelema not a man in 1774, on the eve of a confrontation with british soldiers loosely allied to a division of colonial troops. Previous to james s current city of bloomington, in, james thom lived in west carrollton oh.
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