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Jim Murphy
American
Author
Born:
Sep 25
,
1947
Ancestors
Indicator
People
Research
Think
Will
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A move to a different town or school gives us new places to explore, new people to meet; a lost pet means we have to organize a careful search; baby-sitting requires looking out for dangers a young child can't foresee; a car crash or fire demands that we get help immediately.
Jim Murphy
People
School
Pet
Car
Fire
Looking
Lost
Young
Meet
Immediately
Dangers
Out
Gives
Demands
New
Town
Foresee
New People
New Places
Child
Get
Move
Different
Young Child
Crash
Places
Us
Means
Explore
Requires
Organize
Help
Search
Careful
History often reads as a hard and grim experience. But people are remarkably resilient and funny, even when the going is very hard.
Jim Murphy
Funny
History
Experience
People
Remarkably
Reads
Very
Going
Often
Grim
Hard
Even
Resilient
I think my ancestors had to be enormously strong emotionally and very courageous.
Jim Murphy
Strong
Think
Ancestors
Had
Emotionally
Courageous
Very
I've written fiction... but the nonfiction has always received the most attention.
Jim Murphy
Written
Attention
Most
Always
Nonfiction
Fiction
Received
When you spend a year or two researching a subject, and you're still fascinated by it, that's a good indicator that what you're doing will appeal to others, as well.
Jim Murphy
Good
You
Will
Year
Others
Spend
Indicator
Well
Still
Doing
Subject
Researching
Appeal
Fascinated
Two
'West To A Land Of Plenty' shows a family heading west, first on board a train, and then going into areas as yet untamed by rail by way of an ox-drawn wagon.
Jim Murphy
Family
First
Way
Plenty
Area
Heading
Wagon
West
Train
Going
Board
Land
Then
Shows
Rail
We will never know exactly how many women disguised themselves as men and fought in the Civil War. At the close of the hostilities, it was estimated that approximately 400 women had managed to enlist, but this number is almost certainly too low.
Jim Murphy
War
Women
Will
Men
Too
Approximately
Exactly
Civil
Civil War
Never
Had
Almost
Know
How
Close
Disguised
Estimated
Low
Themselves
Certainly
Many
Fought
Number
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