James S. Olson

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James Stuart Olson, the Distinguished Professor of History at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, is the author or co-author of over thirty books, usually non-fiction, and usually in the field of History. His most recent book was Bathsheba’s Breast: Women, Cancer, and History, which won the 2002 History of Science Category Award from the Association of American Publishers. The book was recognized by the Los Angeles Times as one of the best non-fiction books in America for 2002.

[edit] Education

B.A., Brigham Young University

M.A., Ph.D., The State University of New York at Stony Brook

[edit] Students

• Harold Lee Wise - Author of Inside the Danger Zone:The U.S. Military in the Persian Gulf, 1987-1988 (Naval Institute Press, 2007)

[edit] External links

• Olson's homepage at SHSU