James Rada, Jr


Biography

James Rada, Jr. is the author of seven novels, a non-fiction book and a non-fiction collection. These include the historical novels Canawlers, October Mourning, Between Rail and River and The Rain Man. His other novels are Logan’s Fire, Beast and My Little Angel. His non-fiction books are Battlefield Angels: The Daughters of Charity Work as Civil War Nurses and Looking Back: True Stories of Mountain Maryland.

He lives in Gettysburg, Pa., where he works as a freelance writer. 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.

If you would like to be kept up to date on new books being published by James or ask him questions, he can be reached by e-mail at jimrada@yahoo.com.

To see James’ other books or to order copies on-line, go to www.aimpublishinggroup.com.

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Books

Kachina    by James Rada
Price: $2.99 USD. 107480 words. Published on May 16, 2012. Fiction.

David Purcell was on his way to meet his girlfriend when he fell into a cave. Now he can’t remember the five weeks he spent in the cave. With the help of Adam Maho, a Hopi, David discovers that he must remember that lost time if he if he going to stop the ancient Hopi evil, the dark kachinas, from being released into the world again. To do so, David will have to find his way back to Kuskurza.
The Race    by James Rada
Price: $0.99 USD. 10030 words. Published on January 19, 2012. Fiction.

Follow the lives of the Fitzgerald family on the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal as Tony and Thomas Fitzgerald race their canal barge against a train. If you enjoyed "Canawlers" and "Between Rail and River" by James Rada, you'll want to follow this adventure set a few years after the Civil War during the canal's heyday. Originally published as a limited-edition chapbook for CanalFest 2003.
Kuskurza    by James Rada
Price: Free! 19400 words. Published on September 26, 2011. Fiction.

Contains "The Path to Kuskurza" and "White Indian." "The Path to Kuskurza" tells the story of when the Anasazi Indians left the safety of their cliff dwellings and returned to their world of creation only to face an ancient danger. In "White Indian," one of the Sun Clan has returned to the surface searching for warriors to aid his enslaved people in the Third World.

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