Dean, Winton(2006), Handel's Operas,
1726-1741, Boydell Press, ISBN 1-84383-268-2 The second of the two volume definitive reference on the operas of Handel Italian libretto Score of Atalanta ed.
Unable to care for his nine year old son, Winton Dean sent the young James to live
with Winton's sister Ortense and her husband Marcus Winslow on a farm in Fairmount, Indiana, where he entered high school and was brought up with a Quaker background.