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Author Talk with James Rada: Civil War at the C&O Canal

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Meet best-selling Amazon.com author, James Rada, Jr., who will host a talk about the Civil War at the C&O Canal.

Mr. Rada writes non-fiction history and historical fiction. His books include Battlefield Angels: The Daughters of Charity Work as Civil War Nurses, No North, No South: The Grand Reunion at the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, and Secrets of Catoctin Mountain: Little-Known Stories & Hidden History in Frederick and Loudoun Counties. Jim has received numerous awards from the Maryland-Delaware-DC Press Association, Associated Press, Maryland State Teachers Association and Community Newspapers Holdings, Inc. for his newspaper writing.