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  • Bibliography:
    10 Books
  • First Book:
    September 2003
  • Latest Book:
    June 2024
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Book List in Order: 10 titles



  • This fictional novel is about a group of young men who grew up in a big city amongst ethnical neighborhoods, poverty, alcoholism, and gangs. When the country is forced into World War II they leave their families and sweethearts and join the Army. The...



  • Good Medicine, Bad Medicine sweeps through the old West around the time of the California gold rush. Settlers risk their lives on a daily basis looking for a place to live and raise their families; some will even steal what others have worked so hard...



  • Broken Spur is an adventure thriller as three Texas Rangers ride a trail of revenge across Texas fighting the Comanche's as they track down the murderers that ambushed their friends in south Texas. The main character's goal is to marry his sweetheart...



  • Friends are forever and family ties binding. So it would seem for Eugene Boomer, as he and his four friends, Sticks, Gracie, Fud and Pastor Jim Bob frolic through childhood and adolescence. Theirs is the silly and carefree life we wish for all our ch...



  • This book contains a rich sampling of life in the Fifties. Growing up after WWII in a prosperous, carefree land, the biggest worry was if a special girl or guy would be at the high school dance or if your report card was met with approval. It was als...



  • My Cowboy Heroes Volume I is a collection of short stories compiled from the My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys monthly column as seen in numerous magazines around the southwest and nationally. These are interesting stories about unique individuals w...



  • The Proud Bull is a contemporary western about the way things really are in the west (at least for some modern day cowboys). When four young cowhands go on a wild maverick catching excursion in the 1980 s (not the 1880 s as one might expect) they are...



  •       After winning at Texas Holdem I decided to show Kate my good fortune and after buying a round of drinks, I headed for Kate's. 

       This area of town wasn’t the safest place to be walking at night, so I planned on hailing a c...



  • A nostalgic look at the 60's. Growing up in the sixties was a blast. Zig Zag follows a young man through high school, Vietnam, and his racing career, building hot rods, dragging main, and going to the drive-in movies. It was a decade of promises and ...






  • In a tense showdown between corporate interests and community values, the fate of the Voyager Dune hangs in the balance. Mython Corporation's ambitious plans to extract the dune and replace it with a sprawling residential complex along one of North A...


Award-Winning Books by Jim Olson

Boomer
2007 Midwest Book Award (MIPA) -- General Fiction


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Jim Olson has published 10 books.

Jim Olson does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, People of the Dune, was published in June 2024.

The first book by Jim Olson, Just Us Yanks, was published in September 2003.

No. Jim Olson does not write books in series.