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Jason B. Baker is a rural Illinois native and career military officer. His first book, "Chicago To Appomattox," was a narrative nonfiction title chronicling the impressive journey of a Civil War regiment his ancestors were in.

Jason's fiction titles, The Ace's Bounty, the War Remains, and The Sheriff's Pursuit, use his study of Civil War-era America to place exciting adventure stories and mysteries in historically accurate portrayals of the time.

Jason enjoys following the University of Illinois and Chicago sports teams, reading narrative nonfiction and historical fiction, playing golf, and visiting museums, historical sites, battlefields, and ballparks with his family. He is an active-level member of the Western Writers of America and a Colo ...more

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	The Ace's Bounty 4.25 avg rating — 244 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Red Canyon Reckoning : A Classic Western Novelette (The Vengeance of Reed Caine Book 1) 4.25 avg rating — 122 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sheriff's Pursuit (Vermilion County Mysteries #1) 4.38 avg rating — 112 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The War Remains: The Barber Brothers' Next Adventure (Barber Brothers' Adventures Book 2) 4.52 avg rating — 73 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	River's Fortune: A Classic Western Novella (The Vengeance of Reed Caine Book 2) 4.52 avg rating — 63 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Legacy Stand: The Barber Brothers' Final Adventure (Barber Brothers' Adventures Book 3) 4.61 avg rating — 18 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sins of Santa Fe: A Classic Western Novella (The Vengeance of Reed Caine Book 3) 4.44 avg rating — 18 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blood On The Border: A Classic Western Novella (The Vengeance of Reed Caine Book 4) 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chicago to Appomattox: The 39th Illinois Infantry in the Civil War it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The War Remains: Barber Brothers' Adventures, Book 2 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The End of Ambition: America's Past, Present, and Future in the Middle East

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