James Alexander Thom

• Nov-2015
• / Historical
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For famous one-armed war correspondent Paddy Quinn, this is to be his final Civil War assignment: the funeral of the assassinated President Lincoln. Quinn and his new bride Felice are aboard the steamboat Sultana going up the spring-flooded Mississi...

• Mar-2010
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Once Upon a Time, IT WAS NOW... While a historian stands firmly planted in the present and looks back into the past, a historical novelist has a more immediate task: to set readers in the midst of bygone events and lead them forward, allowing them to...

• Sep-2006
• / General Fiction
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During the Mexican-American war, a group of mostly Irish and German Catholics deserted the American Army and fought for the Mexicans. Hated by the Americans as traitors and honored by Mexico as heroes, they were hanged as traitors for their actions. ...

• Dec-2003
• / Science Fiction
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A bestselling master of historical fiction, James Alexander Thom has brought unforgettable Native American figures to life for millions of readers, powerfully dramatizing their fortitude, fearsomeness, and profound fates. Now he and his wife, Dark Ra...

• Oct-2000
• / General Fiction
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Indianapolis' 500-Mile Race, "the world's greatest sports spectacle," was rained out three consecutive days in 1973, and marred by lethal wrecks. Thousands of drunken race fans made the Speedway a vast encampment of garbage, misery and debauchery. Th...

• Jul-2000
• / General Fiction
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“A cracking good yarn . . . sheer storytelling power . . . James Alexander Thom is one of the finest historical novelists writing today. . . . Anyone who thinks there’s nothing left to be said about the Lewis and Clark expedition should read this...

• Oct-1997
• / General Fiction
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The Slocum family of Northeastern Pennsylvania are the best of the white settlers, peace-loving Quakers who believe that the Indians hold the Light of God inside. It is from this good-hearted family that Frances is abducted during the Revolutionary w...

• Jul-1994
• / Suspense
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A legend. A warrior. A hero. A classic American epic.Two centuries ago, with the support of the young Revolutionary government, George Rogers Clark led a small but fierce army west from Virginia to conquer all the territory between the Ohio and Missi...

• Jun-1994
• / General Fiction
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"MASTERFULLY RESEARCHED AND WRITTEN, THE CHILDREN OF FIRST MAN IS A FEAST OF A NOVEL. James Alexander Thom's sweeping saga of Welsh colonization in prehistoric America is loaded with wonderful characters and events, some so poignant I had to stop rea...

• 1989
• / Historical
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Rich, colorful and bursting with excitement, this remarkable story turns James Alexander Thom's power and passion for American history to the epic story of Tecumseh's life and give us a heart-thumping novel of one man's magnificent destiny -- to unit...

• Jun-1985
• / General Fiction
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James Alexander Thom, bestselling author of two magnificent historical novels, says about his modern novel, Staying Out of Hell:

"Like my character, Scotty Montgomery, I grew up in the idyllic prewar Midwest, was a Marine, and later a journali...

• Jun-1984
• / General Fiction
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“Splendid . . . Thom tells the story with humor and eloquence, and a thumping good tale it is, too.” -- The Washington PostIn one generation, the Clark family of Virginia fought for our nation's independence, and explored, conquered, and settled ...

• Jul-1981
• / General Fiction
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “It takes a rare individual not only to see that history can live, but also to make it live for others. James Thom has that gift.” -- The Indianapolis NewsMary Ingles was twenty-three, happily married, and pregnant with he...