It looks like you're offline.
Donate
English (en) Change Website Language
Open Library logo
additional options menu
Last edited by kolakowj7580
March 25, 2025 | History
Edit

James Young

James Young is a science fiction and alternative history author and editor hailing from Missouri. Leaving small town life, James obtained a bachelor's in military history from the United States Military Academy then went on to spend six years as an armor and staff officer in Korea, the Pacific Northwest, and Germany.

After serving his commitment to the Republic, James returned to the Midwest to obtain his Masters and Doctorate in U.S. History from Kansas State. License for evil, er, Ph.D. in hand, Dr. Young now spends his spare time torturing characters, editing alternative history anthologies with far more famous authors like S.M. Stirling and David Weber (check out the Phases of Mars series), and admiring his wife's (Anita C. Young) award-winning artwork.

On Amazon, you can check out James' Usurper's War (alternative history) and Vergassy Chronicles (science fiction) series, both of which he is diligently working on now that the academic yoke is from around his neck. Outside of Amazon, Dr. Young can be found at conventions throughout the Midwest selling books and merchandise as James Young, Slinger of Tales. Stop by his booth sometime and he'll be happy to tell you about his latest project then discuss World War II carrier doctrine.

In addition to his positive fiction reviews, Dr. Young also writes military history non-fiction. In addition to Barren SEAD (available for sale), James is working on preparing his dissertation for publication. His awards include winning the United States Naval Institute's 2016 Cyberwarfare Essay Contest, placing as a runner up in the 2011 Adams Center Cold War Essay Contest, and having the Naval History and Heritage Command select an article (Surface Lessons of Guadalcanal) for inclusion on their professional reading list.

Photo of James Young

132 works Add another?

  • Cover of: Routledge Handbook of Russian Politics and Society

    First published in 2012 — 10 editions
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

  • Cover of: Waterfallcutoff

    First published in 2012 — 7 editions
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

  • Cover of: Nico: songs they never play on the radio
    Preview

    First published in 1993 — 4 editions
    Borrow

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

  • Cover of: Rule of Law in Central Europe: The Reconstruction of Legality, Constitutionalism and Civil Society in the Post-Communist Countries

    First published in 2019 — 4 editions
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

  • Cover of: Union Power: The United Electrical Workers in Erie, Pennsylvania

    First published in 2017 — 3 editions
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

  • Cover of: History of Northampton, Lehigh, Monroe, Caron, and Schuylkill Counties : Containing a Brief History of the First Settlers, Topography of Townships, Notices of Leading Events, Incidents, and Interesting Facts in the Early History of These Counties: with An

    First published in 2018 — 3 editions
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

  • Cover of: Technique for Producing Ideas

    First published in 2012 — 3 editions
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

  • Cover of: South-Western Federal Taxation 2025: Comprehensive

    First published in 2024 — 3 editions
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

  • Cover of: South-Western Federal Taxation 2026: Corporations, Partnerships, Estates and Trusts

    First published in 2025 — 3 editions
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

  • Cover of: Love of Singular Men

    First published in 2023 — 3 editions
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

  • Cover of: Reconsidering American Liberalism: The Troubled Odyssey of the Liberal Idea

    First published in 2018 — 3 editions
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

  • Cover of: International Trade Theory: A Modern Day Understanding

    First published in 2019 — 2 editions
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

  • Cover of: Cheatgrass: Fire and Forage on the Range

    First published in 2008 — 2 editions
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

  • Cover of: Reconsidering American Liberalism: The Troubled Odyssey of the Liberal Idea

    First published in 2018 — 2 editions
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

  • Cover of: Victorious Meeting: A Usurper's War Short Story

    First published in 2024 — 2 editions
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

  • Cover of: Bibliotheca Chemica : A Catalogue of the Alchemical, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Books in the Collection of the Late James Young of Kelly and Durris. by John Ferguson: 1

    First published in 2023 — 2 editions
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

  • Cover of: Protocol book of James Young, 1485-1515

    First published in 1941 — 2 editions
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

  • Cover of: History of Northampton, Lehigh, Monroe, Carbon, and Schuylkill Counties : Containing a Brief History of the First Settlers, Topography of Township, ... the Early History of These Counties: With an

    First published in 2018 — 2 editions
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

  • Cover of: South-Western Federal Taxation 2019: Corporations, Partnerships, Estates and Trusts

    First published in 2018 — 2 editions
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

  • Cover of: History of Northampton, Lehigh, Monroe, Carbon, and Schuylkill Counties : Containing a Brief History of the First Settlers, Topography of Township, Notices of Leading Events, Incidents, and Interesting Facts in the Early History of These Counties: with An

    First published in 2018 — 2 editions
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

Photo of James Young

Subjects

History, Fiction, Biography, Creative thinking, Diseases, Heart failure, Liberalism, Skating, Social conditions, Treatment, Adirondack mountains (n.y.), description and travel, Advertising copy, African americans, education, Alternate History, Alternative histories (Fiction), Animals, Annuals (Plants), Arbeiter, Cardiac Surgical Procedures, Cervix uteri, Children's fiction, Color, fiction, Counting, Creative ability in business, Description and travel

Places

Canada, Canongate, Edinburgh, Edinburgh (Lothian), Great Britain, Leith, Moscow, Moscow (Russia), Russia, Scotland

People

Nico, James Young, John Welsh (b.1568), Lauder family

Time

19th century, 20th century

Lists

Add to List

My Reading Lists:

Create a new list

ID Numbers

  • OLID: OL1138376A

Links outside Open Library

No links yet. Add one?

History

Download catalog record: RDF / JSON
March 25, 2025 Edited by kolakowj7580 Added Amazon bio and photo
March 25, 2025 Edited by kolakowj7580 Added new photo
August 19, 2008 Edited by an anonymous user fix author name
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import