Swift Thunder by Tim Champlin

Champlin, Tim: - Tim Champlin was born John Michael Champlin in Fargo, North Dakota, the son of a large-animal veterinarian and a school teacher. He grew up in Nebraska, Missouri and Arizona where he graduated from St. Mary's High School, Phoenix, before moving to Tennessee. After earning a degree in English from Middle Tennessee State College, he received his MA degree in English from Peabody College (now part of Vanderbilt University). After 39 rejection slips, he sold his first piece of writing in 1971 to Boating Magazine. The photo article, Sailing the Mississippi, is a dramatic account of a 3-day, 75-mile solo adventure on the big river from Memphis to Helena, Arkansas in a 16-foot fiberglass sailboat built from a kit in his basement. His only means of propulsion were current, sails and a canoe paddle. Since that first publication, 38 of Tim's historical novels have been published. Most are set in the frontier West and the Civil War. Other books deal with juvenile time travel, a clash between Jack the Ripper and Annie Oakley, and the lost treasure of the Templars. Besides novels, he's written several dozen short stories and non-fiction articles, plus two children's books, and a non-fiction book, The Wild West of Louis L'Amour. Twice Mr. Champlin has been a finalist for a Spur Award from Western Writers of America-once for a novel, The Secret of Lodestar, and once for a short story titled Color at Forty-Mile. In 1994 Tim retired after 30 years of work in the U.S. Civil Service. He and his wife, Ellen, have three grown children and ten grandchildren. Active in sports all his life, his hobbies include biking, shooting, sailing and tennis.

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ISBN 13	9780786211722
ISBN 10	0786211725
Title	Swift Thunder
Author	Tim Champlin
Series	Thorndike Western I
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Thorndike Press
Year published	1999-05-01
Number of pages	341
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