The author seven popular non-fiction books that have sold well over 100,000 copies worldwide, two of which have been Book-of-The-Month Club selections-- Sacred Places and The Sacred Art of Hunting -- he has also published over 300 articles in popular magazines, and is a Contributing Editor for ESPNOutdoors.com.James grew up on an island in Lake Erie, Grosse Ile. In high school he won awards in football, golf and archery, and began his acting career with the role of "Charlie Davenport" in the Senior Class play, "Annie Get Your Gun."At the University of Michigan, he played intercollegiate football and rugby (leading scorer, l963), and received his BS, a MS , and a Ph.D. in environmental psychology in 1969 and developed skills in broadcast journalism at the U. of M. TV Center.In l970 he was one of the producers of the nation's largest college Earth Day 1970 teach-in. That same year he appeared at 22 teach-ins across the US, speaking and playing music.He has been a college professor at the Universities of Michigan, Western Washington State, Oregon, and Washington and the California Institute of Integral Studies. From l974-l982 he was a psychotherapist. He presently is a Research Adjunct at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology.From l990-93 he performed as "Recycleman," the rock and roll recycling clown, alone and with an all-star band (Muruga Booker (Stevie Wonder) on drums, James Gurley (Big Brother) on lead guitar, and Jack Prendergast (Buddy Rich) on keyboards.James' screen acting career began as an extra in the movie "Tucker: The Man and His Dream"(1988) when he was placed in a scene with Martin Landau, who encouraged him to pursue acting.In addition to work in 19 film and 3 TV series, James has appeared in over 40 commercials and print ads. A member of ASCAP, in 2003, his song, "The Solution to Pollution," won "Best Country Song" in the ZAP Pollution Solution national contest.He enjoys many outdoor sports and has appeared on several outdoor TV shows. He has been a writer for the Outdoor TV shows "Bushnell's Secrets of the Wild," and "Engel's Outdoor Experience," which won a Golden Moose award in 2002. In 2003 he wrote and hosted "Sports Afield TV." In 2005, he hosted the reality series, "The Shooters," on OLN.In 2002 he and his son, Andrew, founded Snow Goose Productions, as a full-service video and film production company. Initial projects have featured Patrick Kilpatrick, Darleen Carr and Jameson Parker.
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