Jim Burnett

Jim Burnett

Jim Burnett is a fourth-generation Texan who holds a master’s degree from Texas A&M University and has been actively researching the state’s history for over four decades. After retiring from a thirty-year career with the National Park Service, he began a second career as a writer and is the author of three non-fiction books and over fifty short articles. His latest book, Saltgrass Prairie Saga: A German American Family in Texas, was published in 2025 by Texas A&M University Press.