A Writers Guide to
Everything in the Ozarks & Around the Country
Leon Combs
James Leon Combs sold his St. Louis
businesses in 1994 and retired to the community of his boyhood, Bradleyville. He and
his wife, Dot, own a 3,300-acre ranch where they raise elk and cattle. Combs has written
and self-published two booksBradleyville Basketball, The Hicks from the Sticks and
Bradleyville, My Hometown.