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James W. Nelson

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Born

in North Dakota, The United States

Website

https://jameswnelsonblog.wordpress.com/

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Genre

Fiction, Suspense, Nonfiction

Influences

James Michener, John Jakes, Tom Clancy, Dean Koontz

Member Since

March 2012

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James W. Nelson was born in a little farmhouse on the prairie in eastern North Dakota in 1944. Some doctors made house calls back then. He remembers kerosene lamps, bathing in a large galvanized tub, and their phone number was a long ring followed by four short ones, and everybody else in the neighborhood could rubberneck. (Imagine that today!)

James has been telling stories most of his life. Some of his first memories happened during recess in a one-room country schoolhouse near Walcott, ND. His little friends, eyes wide, would gather round and listen to his every hastily-imagined word. It was a beginning. Fascinated by the world beginning to open, he remembers listening to the teacher read to all twelve kids in the eight grades.

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Average rating: 3.8 · 340 ratings · 23 reviews · 54 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Heartbreak of Human Trafficking (Daughters, #1) 3.64 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2011 — 4 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
	Emma Gets Payback (Daughters #2) 4.07 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2013 — 4 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 Lure of Pornography (Daughters #3) 4.22 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2014 — 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 Little Girl From Down the Street (Daughters #4) 4.32 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Boat Sailors: Vietnam War action by fleet submarines by James W. Nelson (Goodreads Author), William (Rat Meat) Moore (Photographer) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Sorority Animal House (Daughters #5) 3.94 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Emma Goes to the United Kingdom "Rotherham" (Daughters #7) 4.67 avg rating — 12 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
	Tornado!: The F5 Walcott Tornado, 1955 3.31 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2013 — 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 Abduction (New World Order Rising #1) 3.36 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	She Went Back: (Some Do) (Daughters #6) 3.67 avg rating — 12 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

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Our World in Change

To the folks at WordPress:

For a few years I have been a member of WordPress, yet I have not really met even one person. My bad. I guess in our overly fast-world today, not meeting people is common.

My latest book “Civil War in America” is 650 pages, about 350,000 words and 209 chapters. The number of characters I have never counted (the main characters about 20.) People come, people go, and people

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