Jim DeFede
Jim DeFede has been an award-winning journalist for sixteen years, first with the Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Washington, and then with the Miami New Times. His work has appeared in Talk, The New Republic, and Newsday. He is currently a metro columnist for the Miami Herald.
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The Day the World Came to Town
- By: Jim DeFede
- Narrator: Ray Porter
- Length: 6 hours 28 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: June 27, 2017
- Language: English
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Perfect for fans of the musical Come From Away!
When 38 jetliners bound for the United States were forced to land at Gander International Airport in Canada by the closing of U.S. airspace on September 11, the population of this small town on... Read more
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