Jim Janke lives in rural South Dakota, and he is fascinated by 19th Century American History, especially the West and the Civil War. He has a large collection of books on Western lore and history and many novels. A huge library on the Civil War, nonfiction and fiction, fills big bookcases. He visits Civil War sites, battlefields, forts, and museums in the East, and he travels frequently and widely throughout the West. The locales and stories he finds East and West provide authenticity and inspiration for his exciting novels. Visit his Web site for complete information on his novels. He also maintains extensive Web pages there on the Old West, the American Civil War, writing fiction and authors, nautical tales and the sea, flight, and other subjects.