Jim Murphy

Born 1947

From Kearny, New Jersey, United States · Nationality: United States · Writes fiction and nonfiction

Books by Jim Murphy in order

Books by Jim Murphy in the order they were published, from Weird and Wacky Inventions (1980) to The Crossing: How George Washington Saved the American Revolution (2016).

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