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Jim Remsen

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in Scranton, Pa., The United States

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Young Adult, Historical Fiction, History

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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’ ...more

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	The Intermarriage Handbook: A Guide for Jews & Christians – Comprehensive Self-Help for Interfaith Couples and Family by Judy Petsonk (Goodreads Author), Jim Remsen (Goodreads Author) 3.24 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1991 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Visions of Teaoga 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Back From Battle: The Forgotten Story of Pennsylvania’s Camp Discharge and the Weary Civil War Soldiers It Served by Jim Remsen (Goodreads Author), Brad Upp 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Embattled Freedom: Chronicle of a Fugitive-Slave Haven in the Wary North 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Jim Remsen's Blog: The Slave as "Crushed Vegetable''

"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