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name: James H. Ellis
about: Directly descended from the head of the first English settlement on Cape Cod, Ellis is a 12th-generation Cape Codder. He served in the Air Force during the Korean War, and graduated from the Honors College, Michigan State University. He also studied at Kansas State Teachers College (Emporia) and the University of Connecticut. He headed the Crime Analysis Unit of the St. Louis (Mo.) Police Department and worked as a management consultant for the International Assn. of Chiefs of Police before turning to governmental research for good government organizations in Hartford and Boston. Later, he served as chief of the Mass. State Police Planning bureau. During this period he contributed to two police administration textbooks and a number of prof Directly descended from the head of the first English settlement on Cape Cod, Ellis is a 12th-generation Cape Codder. He served in the Air Force during the Korean War, and graduated from the Honors College, Michigan State University. He also studied at Kansas State Teachers College (Emporia) and the University of Connecticut. He headed the Crime Analysis Unit of the St. Louis (Mo.) Police Department and worked as a management consultant for the International Assn. of Chiefs of Police before turning to governmental research for good government organizations in Hartford and Boston. Later, he served as chief of the Mass. State Police Planning bureau. During this period he contributed to two police administration textbooks and a number of professional journals. Next, Ellis served in management positions with the U.S. Justice, Treasury, and Labor departments and was appointed a New England Regional Director for the Dept. of the Interior. After leaving the federal service he renewed his longstanding interest in writing and completed a biography on John Percival, a colorful captain of the U.S.S. Constitution ("Mad Jack Percival: Legend of the Old Navy, Naval Institute Press, 2002). His second effort ("A Ruinous and Unhappy War: New England and the War of 1812") released by Algora Publishing in April 2009 draws upon his intimate and broad familiarity with the history and lore of New England. For the first time, his new book will present the intriguing and thrilling story of New England's controversial and contradictory responses to the unwanted War of 1812. As well, Ellis has contributed to regional magazines and newspapers, writing on fishing and historical and environmental affairs. ...more