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Murphy was selected to stand as the Labour Party candidate in the seat of Eastwood at the 1997 general election. [8] He was elected as MP for Eastwood on 1 May 1997, winning the formerly safe Conservative seat with a majority of 3,236 as Scotland's youngest MP.
Booklist, in a review of Across America, wrote "Murphy's style is plain" and concluded "The experience of ordinary people revitalizes the myths of the West." School Library Journal wrote "Murphy has drawn from the writer's (Stevenson) journal to provide a fresh, primary-source account of transcontinental train travel at that time."
The Murphy and Boyack review was a report compiled by Jim Murphy and Sarah Boyack on the future structure of the Labour Party in Scotland, in response to the landslide victory by the Scottish National Party in the 2011 Scottish Parliament election. [1]
Jim Murphy owes A.J. Brown a debt of gratitude. Murphy’s book, “Inner Excellence,” flew up to the top of Amazon best-sellers list on Monday morning. According to The Associated Press, the ...
A review of The Boys' War by Booklist wrote "Except for his overuse of the exclamation point, Murphy's style is nonhistrionic; he allows the drama to come from the boys' words and from the sepia pictures, which evoke the stills in the recent PBS series on the war and are sure to lure browsers of all ages."
Jim Murphy, better known to listeners as simply Murphy, has hosted WIXX's "Murphy in the Morning" show since 1991. He'll sign off for the final time on Nov. 28 as he begins his retirement.
An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 is a 2003 nonfiction adolescent history by author Jim Murphy published by Clarion Books. An American Plague was one of the finalists in the 2003 National Book Award and was a 2004 Newbery Honor Book .
A starred review of The Crossing by Booklist found "Murphy offers a refreshingly frank, vivid, well-researched account of a pivotal time in American history." [1] and Library Media Connection wrote "This latest work is complete with rich detail and honest appraisal of the main characters. .. Murphy has written an excellent companion to any ...