James L. Haley

1 series 4 books in order

James L. Haley is the award-winning author of the Bliven Putnam Naval Adventure series, including A Darker Sea and The Shores of Tripoli, as well as numerous books on Native American, Texas, and Western history, and historical and contemporary fiction. His two biographies Sam Houston (2002) and Wolf: The Lives of Jack London (2010), each won the Spur Award from the Western Writers of America. Passionate Nation: The Epic History of Texas (2006) won the Fehrenbach Award of the Texas Historical Commission. His most recent nonfiction is Captive Paradise: A History of Hawaii (2014).

Known for: A Bliven Putnam Naval Adventure

Series by James L. Haley

A Bliven Putnam Naval Adventure

4 books in order · 2016–2021

The Shores of Tripoli

2016 · James L. Haley

The first novel in award-winning historian James L. Haley’s brilliant adventure series featuring young midshipman Bliven Putnam as he begins his…
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A Darker Sea

2017 · James L. Haley

The second installment of the gripping naval saga by award-winning historian James L. Haley, featuring Commander Bliven Putnam, chronicling the build…
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The Devil in Paradise

2019 · James L. Haley

Captain Bliven Putnam returns, venturing into the Pacific to fight pirates in Malaya and match wits with the royals in Hawaii, in this next…
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Captain Putnam for the Republic of Texas

2021 · James L. Haley

Captain Bliven Putnam returns in an exhilarating new adventure, embedding himself within a top-secret mission during the Texas Revolution that puts…
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How many books has James L. Haley written?

We list 4 books by James L. Haley across 1 series, published between 2016–2021 — each shown in full reading order.

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