Short Bio:
The books are written by Jim Walton, a distant relative of the original Walton family that emigrated from England with Wm. Penn who settled in Pennsylvania in 1682 with a group of Quakers. Jim Walton is the only son of a schoolteacher and a hard working farmer. He is a successful businessman and entrepreneur in the computer industry. He has recently published a number of Civil War stories and a biography of his life as an adventurous young man growing up in the Midwest. He was honored by his college alumni as the most successful graduate in 2007.