James Lincoln Collier

American author, journalist and music historian known for books on jazz and for coauthoring children's historical novels (e.g., My Brother Sam Is Dead).

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  1. 2. My Brother Sam Is Dead

    A Novel of the American Revolution

    Set during the American Revolution, the story is told by young Tim Meeker as he watches his older brother join the Patriot cause and the family and village are torn apart by divided loyalties; his Loyalist father, violent raids, and the harsh realities of war force Tim into impossible choices, expose the moral ambiguity of fighting, and end in his brother’s tragic death, leaving Tim to confront the cost of conflict and the loss of innocence.

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