James Alexander Thom

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January 01, 1933 in Gosport, Indiana, The United States

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James Alexander Thom (born 1933) is an American author, most famous for his works in the Western genre. Born in Gosport, Indiana, he graduated from Butler University and served in the United States Marine Corps. He is a former professor of journalism at Indiana University, and a contributor to the The Saturday Evening Post. His fifth wife, Dark Rain Thom was a member of the Shawnee United Remnant Band until its dissolution; the Thoms presently live in the "Indiana hill country" near Bloomington.

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Average rating: 4.13 · 7,492 ratings · 1,339 reviews · 17 distinct works

	Follow the River 4.13 avg rating — 5,403 ratings — published 1981 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Panther in the Sky 4.18 avg rating — 529 ratings — published 1989 — 8 editions	My rating:
	From Sea to Shining Sea by James Alexander Thom, TP: Ballantine 4.17 avg rating — 511 ratings — published 1984 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Red Heart 4.22 avg rating — 311 ratings — published 1997 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Long Knife 4.16 avg rating — 261 ratings — published 1979 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Children of First Man 3.95 avg rating — 168 ratings — published 1994 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Sign-Talker: The Adventure of George Drouillard on the Lewis and Clark Expedition 4.22 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 2000 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Warrior Woman: The Exceptional Life Story of Nonhelema, Shawnee Indian Woman Chief by James Alexander Thom, Dark Rain Thom 3.73 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Saint Patrick's Battalion: A Novel 3.73 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Art And Craft Of Writing Historical Fiction: Researching And Writing Historical Fiction 3.35 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	My rating:

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“He remembered another one of his mother's saying. It was back when she'd birthed Fanny, her tenth. Someone had siad it was about time she gave up mothering and rested. "Nay," she had said. "I've started something, and now I wouldn't stop if I could, and I couldn't stop if I would.”
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“But then he remembered what George had told him about pain. You know what you can do, even if your body says quit. It's only pain.

"It's only pain, he thought, hearing George's voice and seeing his eagle-face. If anyone would know, George would, he thought. And truly, he thought, it's the most useful one thing a body can know.”
― James Alexander Thom, From Sea to Shining Sea

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