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Jim Remsen

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Jim Remsen is a HarperCollins-published author who's currently at work on two historical-fiction projects. One, a Middles Grades novel titled Visions of Teaoga, will be published by Sunbury Press later in 2014 in both e-book and paperback form. It’s a richly researched historical novel primarily for middle-schoolers that Jim, an avid student of history, spent nearly two years researching and writing.
Jim spent most of his award-winning career in daily journalism at one of the country’s most distinguished newspapers, The Philadelphia Inquirer. There he worked initially as a copy editor and copy-desk chief, then became the founding editor of the Inquirer’s FaithLife religion pages, was a religion writer, and ultimately served as the newspaper’
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Jim Remsen On a road trip, I came upon a trail of historical monuments, which led to the local museum, which led to a spurt of reading about the amazing history …moreOn a road trip, I came upon a trail of historical monuments, which led to the local museum, which led to a spurt of reading about the amazing history in question. This was right in the region where I grew up, and it was history I'd never-ever learned in school! I knew there were kids like the young me who'd be psyched to know this very cool stuff -- so I decided to be the storyteller. (less)
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"The Slave Trail of Tears"

Smithsonian magazine has done a great service to our national self-understanding by publishing an article in its latest edition about what it terms “The Slave Trail of Tears.” Schools today teach about the other, outrageous “Trail of Tears” that Native Americans endured. Now, add to your understanding “the great missing migration,” which author Edward Ball describes as “a thousand-mile-long river

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