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Thompson's father, known as "Big Jim" Thompson, was a teacher for a decade in Burwell, Nebraska before his son's birth; his wife and Jim's mother, Birdie Myers, was a former student. He moved the family to Anadarko , Oklahoma Territory, and was elected sheriff of Caddo County .
Jim Thompson was born in Greenville, Delaware in 1906. [2] He was the youngest of five children of Henry and Mary Wilson Thompson.His father was a wealthy textile manufacturer; his mother was the daughter of James Harrison Wilson (1837–1925), a noted Union general during the American Civil War.
The Legendary American: The Remarkable Career and Strange Disappearance of Jim Thompson. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 978-0-395-08302-4. Warren, William (1998). Jim Thompson: The Unsolved Mystery. Archipelago Press. ISBN 978-981-3018-82-2. Kurlantzick, Joshua (2011). The Ideal Man: The Tragedy of Jim Thompson and the American Way of War. Hoboken, NJ ...
James Robert Thompson Jr. (May 8, 1936 – August 14, 2020) was an American politician, lobbyist, and federal prosecutor who served as the 37th governor of Illinois from 1977 to 1991. [1] He was Illinois's longest-serving governor, having been elected to four consecutive terms and holding the office for 14 years, and is also the only governor ...
While he retained his U.S. citizenship, Thompson is a permanent resident of Hong Kong, where he has lived since 1978 with his wife Sally, who is a British national. Thompson's daughter Jennifer serves as Crown's Group CEO. She lives in New York City with her husband and three children. Thompson also has a son, James III, who has 3 daughters ...
James G. Thompson (December 18, 1926 – May 13, 2021) was a Canadian businessman, philanthropist, and sportsman. He was best known for designing and building the Miss Supertest hydroplanes. Thompson was born in London, Ontario, to "Colonel" J. Gordon Thompson and Essie McCreery. The couple also had two daughters named Catherine and Essie.
The Kill-Off is an American crime novel by Jim Thompson first published in 1957, and reprinted by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard in 1999. The novel is a bleak tale of murder in a small, dying resort town being torn apart by gossip, racism, incest (actual or alleged), alcoholism and financial difficulties. It was adapted into a film in 1990. [1] [2]
A Hell of a Woman is a 1954 novel by Jim Thompson. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It has been adapted for the screen by Alain Corneau and Georges Pérec as Série noire , released in 1979. Plot