James H EllisJames H. Ellis--a native of West Barnstable, Massachusetts, and descendant of some of the leading first English settlers of Cape Cod--spent a career in government and civic affairs. A U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War, he graduated from the Hoors College, Michigan State University. He is the author of Mad Jack Percival: Legend of the Old Navy (2002); A Ruinous and Unhappy War: New England and the War of 1812 (2009); and Luminaries of Early West Barnstable: The Stories of a Cape Cod Village (The History Press, 2014). He is a regular contributor to regional magazines and newspapers, as well as professional journals.
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