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Writing about Jamestown, Virginia, enabled Patricia Hermes to work with some familiar material in a familiar setting. She says, "At one time, I lived in Tidewater, Virginia, just a few miles from the original Jamestown settlement. I remember how hot and humid the summers were there. I know about the bugs. I know about the winter cold. I know about the swaying pines and the whisper of the rivers and the sandy soil and the rich marshland alive with birds. "I also remember how lonely I first felt when I moved there. So, when I created Elizabeth and her twin brother, Caleb, I think I knew.Hermes, Patricia is the author of 'Our Strange New Land Elizabeth's Jamestown Colony Diary' with ISBN 9780439368988 and ISBN 0439368987.
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