James A. Janke

Degrees

• MBA Finance, University of Wisconsin - Madison , 1985.
• PhD Chemistry, University of Minnesota , 1970.
• BS Chemistry, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, 1965.

Areas of Study

• Finance and investments
• Futures and options
• Investment contests in the finance classroom
• Statistical and financial spreadsheet analysis in instruction, finance, and business
• Econometrics and financial forecasting

Web Resources

Finance Sites I Maintain

• Finance Resources on the World Wide Web
• Finance at Dakota State University
• $tock Market Contest
• Futures Market Contest
• Investment Contest

Other Sites I Maintain

• The American Civil War
• The American Old West
• Creative Writing: Fiction
• Fiction Links

Other Links

• Wells Fargo History Museums
• Bird Song Recordings, wav. files
• Chocolate Lover's Page
• Chocolate Spa at the Hotel Hershey in Hershey, PA
• The Hershey Company.
• Hershey, PA
• Mariners' Museum
• USS Monitor Center
• M&M's
• Montana Forest Fire (fantastic photo! Photo Credit: John McColgan)
• The Mother of All Maritime Lists, John Kohnen
• Mystic Seaport
• National Audubon Society
• Nautical Fiction List, John Kohnen
• Patrick O'Brian Home Page, W. W, Norton. Patrick O'Brian is an author of superb British naval fiction - Napoleonic era. He is also simply a superb master of the English language. One of my most favorite authors.
• Patrick O'Brian Web Resources
• University of Oklahoma, from which Andrew graduated in May 2000
• Washington College, Chestertown, MD (I taught there one academic year, 1999-2000)
• Carleton College, from which Laura graduated in June 2003

Family

Andrew and Laura.

The Cowboy at Heart

The Broken Wheel Ranch Click on images for full view
[Birds at the Broken Wheel Ranch]

My Western Novels

• Jeremiah Bacon, Dell, 1980.
• McHenry's Last Shoot-Out, Avalon, 1992.
• A Tin Star for Braddock, Avalon, 1992.
• Blood on the Wind River Mountains, Avalon, 1993.
• Winter Kill, Avalon, 1994.
• Last Boat to Fort Benton, Avalon, 1994. (in new window)
• Last Stage to Laramie, Avalon, 1995. (in new window)

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http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/personal/jaj.htm
Contact me at jim.janke@dsu.edu
Last update: August 10, 2009

since August 11, 2003

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