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American novelist
Thurston Clarke
Occupation Historian, journalist Notable awards Lowell Thomas Award for Travel Literature
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Thurston Clarke (born 1946) is an American
historian , author and
journalist .
Education and career
Clarke was educated at
Yale University ,
Columbia University and the
School of Oriental and African Studies , London.[
citation needed ]
Clarke is the author of thirteen books, the most recent of which is Honorable Exit: How a Few Brave Americans Risked All to Save Our Vietnamese Allies at the End of the War .
[1]
Clarke is a frequent speaker on topics such as writing, modern history and travel and has appeared in documentaries.
[2]
Honors and awards
Clarke is the recipient of a
Guggenheim fellowship .
[3] He has also received the Lowell Thomas Award for Travel Literature.
[4]
Personal life
He lives with his wife and three daughters in the
Adirondacks , in upstate New York.
[3] His daughter,
Sophie Clarke , was the winner of
Survivor: South Pacific , the 23rd season of the popular CBS reality television show.
Thurston Clarke is the son-in-law of former British
Ambassador
Julian Bullard .[
citation needed ]
List of works
Non-fiction
Dirty Money: Swiss Banks, the Mafia, Money Laundering, and White Collar Crime (1975) (with John J. Tigue)
[5]
The Last Caravan (1978)
[6]
By Blood and Fire: The Attack on the King David Hotel (1981)
[7]
Lost Hero: The Mystery of Raoul Wallenberg (1982) (with Frederick E. Werbell)
[8]
Equator: A Journey (1988)
[9]
Pearl Harbor Ghosts (1991)
[10]
California Fault: Searching for the Spirit of a State Along the San Andreas (1996)
[11]
Searching for Crusoe: A Journey Among the Last Real Islands (2001)
[12] (reprinted as Islomania )
Ask Not: The Inauguration of John F. Kennedy and The Speech That Changed America (2004)
[13]
The Last Campaign: Robert F. Kennedy and 82 Days That Inspired America (2008)
[14]
JFK's Last Hundred Days: The Transformation of a Man and The Emergence of a Great President (2013)
Honorable Exit: How a Few Brave Americans Risked All to Save Our Vietnamese Allies at the End of the War (2019)
Fiction
Thirteen O'Clock (1984)
[15]
References
^ Clarke, Thurston (2019). Honorable Exit: How a Few Brave Americans Risked All to Save Our Vietnamese Allies at the End of the War .
ISBN
978-0385539647 .
^
"Thurston Clarke" . IMDb .
^
a
b
"Thurston Clarke - Authors - Macmillan" . US Macmillan .
^ Gould, Jim (2001).
Rooted in Rock: New Adirondack Writing, 1975-2000 . Syracuse, N.Y.: Adirondack Museum/Syracuse University Press. p. 52.
ISBN
0815607016 . Retrieved December 21, 2018 .
^
Dirty money .
Open Library . 1975.
ISBN
9780671219659 . Retrieved February 4, 2010 .
^
The last caravan .
Open Library . 1978.
ISBN
9780399119002 . Retrieved February 4, 2010 .
^
By blood and fire .
Open Library . 1982.
ISBN
9780099284307 . Retrieved February 4, 2010 .
^
Lost hero .
Open Library . 1982.
ISBN
9780070694101 . Retrieved February 4, 2010 .
^
Equator .
Open Library . 1988.
ISBN
9780688069018 . Retrieved February 4, 2010 .
^
Pearl Harbor ghosts .
Open Library . 1991.
ISBN
9780688083014 . Retrieved February 4, 2010 .
^ Cahill, Tim (April 28, 1996).
"Feeling the Earth Move" .
The New York Times . Retrieved February 4, 2010 .
^ McCullough, David Willis (June 3, 2001).
"Temptation Islands" .
The New York Times . Retrieved February 4, 2010 .
^
Ask not .
Open Library . October 8, 2004.
ISBN
9780805072136 . Retrieved February 4, 2010 .
^ Lenderking, Bill (May 2008).
"The Last Campaign book review" .
AARP . Archived from
the original on April 2, 2009. Retrieved February 4, 2010 .
^ Herrick, William (September 16, 1984).
"In short" .
The New York Times . Retrieved February 4, 2010 .
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