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James Alexander Thom

2 Series • 16 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: Let the Sunshine In (1976)
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Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Start with: The Art and Craft of Writing Historical Fiction (2010)

ⓘ About James Alexander Thom

Author James Alexander Thom was born in the year 1933 in Gosport, Indiana. He graduated from Butler University with a BA in journalism and later served in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War. He once was a professor of journalism at Indiana University, and contributed to The Saturday Evening Post. In the spring of 2014, he was inducted into the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame, since he was a magazine and newspaper journalist before he became a full time author. He feels that when he begins writing a new book, he is reborn into a whole other world. “The Art and Craft of Writing Historical Fiction” was picked by the Indiana State Library in the year 2011 as Best Book on Nonfiction.

All Book Series by James Alexander Thom

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Let the Sunshine In

Series opener · book 1 of 13 · published 1976

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1976
2
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Spectator Sport

Book 2 of 13 · published 1978

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1978
3
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Long Knife

Book 3 of 13 · published 1979

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1979
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Follow the River

Book 4 of 13 · published 1981

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1981
5
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From Sea to Shining Sea

Book 5 of 13 · published 1984

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1984
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Staying Out of Hell

Book 6 of 13 · published 1985

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1985
7
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Panther in the Sky

Book 7 of 13 · published 1989

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1989
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The Children of First Man

Book 8 of 13 · published 1994

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1994
9
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Red Heart

Book 9 of 13 · published 1997

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1997
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Sign-Talker

Book 10 of 13 · published 2000

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2000
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Warrior Woman

Book 11 of 13 · published 2003

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2003
12
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Saint Patrick's Battalion

Book 12 of 13 · published 2006

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2006
13
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Fire in the Water

Latest in the series · book 13 of 13 · published 2015

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2015
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The Spirit of the Place

Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 1995 Co-authored · Darryl L. Jones

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1995
2
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The Art and Craft of Writing Historical Fiction

Book 2 of 3 · published 2010

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2010
3
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Once Upon a Time It Was Now

Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2017

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2017

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is James Alexander Thom?

Author James Alexander Thom was born in the year 1933 in Gosport, Indiana. He graduated from Butler University with a BA in journalism and later served in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War. He once was a professor of journalism at Indiana University, and contributed to The Saturday Evening Post.

Which James Alexander Thom series should I start with?

James Alexander Thom's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is Let the Sunshine In (1976).

How many books has James Alexander Thom written?

James Alexander Thom has 16 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1976 and 2017. They are filed under 2 categories rather than in numbered series — chiefly Standalone Novels and Non-Fiction.

In what order should James Alexander Thom's series be read?

No reading order is needed: none of the 16 books catalogued here do not form a numbered series, so any title can be picked up first. Within each category they are listed by publication year.

How are James Alexander Thom's books organised into series?

This guide splits James Alexander Thom's 16 books into categories rather than numbered series: Standalone Novels (13 books); Non-Fiction (3 books).