Timanus, Boyd R. 1948-

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TIMANUS, Boyd R. 1948-

(Rod Timanus)

PERSONAL:

Born September 29, 1948, in Lynn, MA; son of William and Marjorie (Evans) Timanus; married Jeanne A. DuBois, December 13, 1980 (died March 19, 1997); children: Rebecca. Education: Paier College of Art, B.F.A., 1999.

ADDRESSES:

Home—229 Foot Hills Rd., Durham, CT 06422. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER:

Writer and illustrator. Justice of the peace in Durham, CT, 1994-96. Member of Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation and National Museum of the American Indian. Military service: U.S. Army, Infantry, 1969-71; became sergeant; received Bronze Star and Purple Heart.

MEMBER:

Alamo Society, Western Writers of America, Huguenot Historical Society, Veterans of the Vietnam War, Disabled American Veterans, Texas State Historical Association.

WRITINGS:

UNDER PSEUDONYM ROD TIMANUS

(Illustrator) Battlefields of Texas, Republic of Texas Press (Plano, TX), 1998.

On the Crockett Trail, Pioneer Press (Union City, TN), 1999.

On the Custer Trail, Pioneer Press (Union City, TN), 2001.

An Illustrated History of Texas Forts, Republic of Texas Press (Plano, TX), 2001.

The Alamo (CD ROM), JBS Publishing, 2002.

On the Lewis and Clark Trail, Pioneer Press (Union City, TN), 2003.

Contributor of articles and art work to Alamo Journal.

WORK IN PROGRESS:

The Runaway Scrape, with Jeffrey Dane; On the Nathan Hale Trail; research on the Nez Perce War of 1877.