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James Ostby

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Born

in Billings, Montana, The United States

Website

http://www.jamesostby.com

Genre

Literary, Classics, Nonfiction

Influences

Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky

Member Since

November 2012

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James Ostby grew up on the barren High Plains of northeastern Montana, on the farm homesteaded by his grandparents in 1912. He holds a bachelor of science degree in general studies, a bachelor of science in film and television production, and a minor in history. He was a personnel psychology specialist in the army in the mid '60s, has worked in public and commercial television, and was the owner and manager of a small-town radio station in Wyoming. He and his wife, Donna, and their two young daughters, returned to the farm in 1977, where the long, cold winters and the isolation provided the perfect writing environment.
James and Donna spent their winters of the last ten years cruising aboard their blue-water sailboat Skycastles, based in F ...more

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Average rating: 4.0 · 32 ratings · 17 reviews · 5 distinct works

	Men with Broken Faces - 2014 edition 4.12 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Jake Miller's Wheel 3.85 avg rating — 13 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
	Rat-Tail Curves it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
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	A Voyage of Reason: An Exposition of the Fall of Humanity 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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Somehow a false rating was put on my author dashboard, for my book Jake Miller's Wheel.
Now really, if I were to rate my own book, would I have given it a four? No, I would have given it a ten!
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