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Jim Blackburn

Jim Blackburn

Jim Blackburn is an author, journalist, editor, and historian. He grew up in Tuckerton, NJ and studied at Bard College. He is currently pursuing an MA at Wesleyan University. The biography Patriot Privateer: The Life & Times of Ebenezer Tucker is forthcoming spring 2015.

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