James L. Haley

24 featured booksJames L. Haley

James L. Haley is the award-winning author of the Bliven Putnam Naval Adventure series, including A Darker Sea and The Shores of Tripoli, as well as numerous books on Native American, Texas, and Western history, and historical and contemporary fiction. His two biographies Sam Houston (2002) and Wolf: The Lives of Jack London (2010), each won the Spur Award from the Western Writers of America. Passionate Nation: The Epic History of Texas (2006) won the Fehrenbach Award of the Texas Historical Commission. His most recent nonfiction is Captive Paradise: A History of Hawaii (2014). James L. Haley is an American writer on Texas and Western history. He has also written several novels. Haley grew up in Fort Worth, Texas, attended L. D. Bell High School in Hurst, Texas, and graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington with a degree in political science. He attended the University of Texas School of Law for two years before resigning to become a full-time writer. Haley's work has garnered many awards, including two Spur Awards (2002 and 2011) from the Western Writers of America.

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Passionate Nation
Representative edition published 2022
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Captain Putnam for the Republic of Texas
Representative edition published 2021
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The Devil in Paradise
Representative edition published 2019
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A Darker Sea
Representative edition published 2018
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The Handy Texas Answer Book
Representative edition published 2018
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The Shores of Tripoli
Representative edition published 2016
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Captive paradise
Representative edition published 2015
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Captive Paradise Lib/E
Representative edition published 2014
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The Texas Supreme Court
Representative edition published 2013
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One Ranger Returns
Representative edition published 2013
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The Texas Supreme Court
Representative edition published 2013
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Jack London
Representative edition published 2012
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Wolf
Representative edition published 2011
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Passionate nation
Representative edition published 2006
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Stephen F. Austin
Representative edition published 2003
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Sam Houston
Representative edition published 2002
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The buffalo war
Representative edition published 1998
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Apaches
Representative edition published 1997
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Final refuge
Representative edition published 1994
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Texas
Representative edition published 1993
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The kings of San Carlos
Representative edition published 1987
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Texas, an album of history
Representative edition published 1985
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Apaches, a History and Culture Portrait
Representative edition published 1981
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The Buffalo War
Representative edition published 1976
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