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James L. Nelson

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January 01, 1962 in Lewiston, Maine, The United States

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http://www.jameslnelson.com/

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James L. Nelson (1962-) is an American historical nautical novelist. He was born in Lewiston, Maine. In 1980, Nelson graduated from Lewiston High School. Nelson attended the University of Massachusetts, Amherst for two years, and then transferred to UCLA, with the ambition of becoming a film director. Nelson, his wife, Lisa, and their daughter Betsy lived for two years in Steubenville, Ohio, while Lisa attended Franciscan University. They also have two boys, Nate and Jack. They now live in Harpswell, Maine, where Nelson continues to write full time.

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Average rating: 3.87 · 515 ratings · 66 reviews · 18 distinct works

	The Guardship (Thomas Marlowe, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 2000 — 8 editions	My rating:
	The Blackbirder (Thomas Marlowe, #2) 3.85 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 2001 — 9 editions	My rating:
	The Only Life That Mattered: The Short and Merry Lives of Anne Bonny, Mary Read, and Calico Jack Rackam 3.92 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	My rating:
	By Force of Arms (Isaac Biddlecomb, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 1996 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Pirate Round (Thomas Marlowe, #3) 4.00 avg rating — 52 ratings — 11 editions	My rating:
	The Maddest Idea (Isaac Biddlecomb, #2) 3.68 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Reign of Iron: The Story of the First Battling Ironclads, the Monitor and the Merrimack 3.88 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions	My rating:
	With Fire and Sword: The Battle of Bunker Hill and the Beginning of the American Revolution 4.08 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Benedict Arnold's Navy: The Ragtag Fleet That Lost the Battle of Lake Champlain But Won the American Revolution 3.89 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Glory in the Name: A Novel of the Confederate Navy (Samuel Bowater, #1) 3.70 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2003 — 7 editions	My rating: