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Lowell Thomas
Lowell Thomas
	Lowell Thomas, s. 1966
Lahir	Lowell Jackson Thomas; 6 April 1892; Woodington, Darke County, Ohio, Amerika Serikat
Meninggal	29 Agustus 1981 (umur 89); Pawling, New York, Amerika Serikat
Pendidikan	Victor High School (1910) Valparaiso University (1909-) Denver University (1912-) Chicago-Kent College of Law Princeton University
	Penghargaan (1992) National Aviation Hall of Fame (en) ; (1980) James Madison Medal (en) ; (1976) Presidential Medal of Freedom; (1973) Penghargaan Peabody; (1970) Golden Plate Award (en) ; star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (en) ; Horatio Alger Award (en) ;

Lowell Jackson Thomas (6 April 1892 – 29 Agustus 1981) adalah seorang penulis, penyiar dan penjelajah Amerika, yang dikenal sebagai orang yang membuat Lawrence dari Arabia menjadi terkenal.

Kehidupan awal dan karier

Thomas lahir di Woodington, Darke County, Ohio, dari pasangan Harry dan Harriet Thomas. Ayahnya adalah seorang dokter dan ibunya adalah seorang guru. Pada 1900, keluarganya pindah ke kota pertambangan Victor, Colorado. Thomas bekerja disana sebagai penambang emas, tukang masak, dan wartawan surat kabar.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Peninggalan

Untuk menghormatinya, sejak 1980, the Explorers Club di mana Lowell Thomas merupakan anggotanya dahulu, secara tahunan mengadakan Lowell Thomas Awards. Salah satu yang mendapatkan penghargaan ini adalah Rosaly Lopes.

Buku

Beberapa buku Thomas adalah:

With Lawrence in Arabia, 1924
The First World Flight, 1925
Beyond Khyber Pass, 1925
Count Luckner, The Sea Devil, 1927
European Skyways, 1927
The Boy's Life of Colonel Lawrence, 1927
Adventures in Afghanistan for Boys, 1928
Raiders of the Deep, 1928
The Sea Devil's Fo'c'sle, 1929
Woodfill of the Regulars, 1929
The Hero of Vincennes: the Story of George Rogers Clark, 1929
The Wreck of the Dumaru, 1930
Lauterbach of the China Sea, 1930
India--Land of the Black Pagoda, 1930
Rolling Stone: The Life and Adventures of Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore., 1931 See Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore
Tall Stories, 1931
Kabluk of the Eskimo, 1932
This Side of Hell, 1932
Old Gimlet Eye: The Adventures of General Smedley Butler, 1933
Born to Raise Hell, 1933
The Untold Story of Exploration, 1935
Fan Mail, 1935
A Trip to New York With Bobby and Betty, 1936
Men of Danger, 1936
Kipling Stories and a Life of Kipling, 1936
Seeing Canada With Lowell Thomas, 1936
Seeing India With Lowell Thomas, 1936
Seeing Japan With Lowell Thomas, 1937
Seeing Mexico With Lowell Thomas, 1937
Adventures Among the Immortals, 1937
Hungry Waters, 1937
Wings Over Asia, 1937
Magic Dials, 1939
In New Brunswick We'll Find It, 1939
Soft Ball! So What?, 1940
How To Keep Mentally Fit, 1940
Stand Fast for Freedom, 1940
Pageant of Adventure, 1940
Pageant of Life, 1941
Pageant of Romance, 1943
These Men Shall Never Die, 1943
Out of this World: Across the Himalayas to Tibet (1951)
Back to Mandalay, 1951
Great True Adventures, 1955
The Story of the New York Thruway, 1955
Seven Wonders of the World, 1956
History As You Heard It 1957
The Story of the St. Lawrence Seaway, 1957
The Vital Spark, 1959
Sir Hubert Wilkins, A Biography, 1961
More Great True Adventures, 1963
Book of the High Mountains, 1964 (ISBN 978-0671202392)
Famous First Flights That Changed History, 1968 (ISBN 1-59228-536-8)
Burma Jack, 1971 (ISBN 0-393-08647-X)
Doolittle: A Biography, 1976 (ISBN 0-385-06495-0)
Good Evening Everybody: From Cripple Creek to Samarkand, 1976 (ISBN 0-688-03068-8)
So Long Until Tomorrow, 1977 (ISBN 0-688-03236-2)

Catatan

^ "Voice Of America: Lowell Thomas And The Rise Of Broadcast News KPBS" (Web) (dalam bahasa Inggris). Diakses tanggal 12 Juni 2020.
^ Lowell Thomas Jr.; Lew Freedman (2 October 2013). Lowell Thomas Jr.: Flight to Adventure, Alaska and Beyond (Book) (dalam bahasa Inggris). West Margin Press. hlm. 6–8. ISBN 978-0-88240-983-2. Diakses tanggal 16 June 2020.
^ "LOWELL THOMAS, A WORLD TRAVELER AND BROADCASTER FOR 45 YEARS, DEAD - The New York Times" (Web) (dalam bahasa Inggris). Diakses tanggal 16 Juni 2020.
^ "Voice of America: Lowell Thomas and the Rise of Broadcast News . TV OPB" (dalam bahasa Inggris). Diarsipkan dari versi asli (Web) tanggal 2020-06-16. Diakses tanggal 16 Juni 2020.

Referensi

Bowen, Norman (ed) (1968) The Stranger Everyone Knows Doubleday
Hamilton, John Maxwell (2011) Journalism's Roving Eye: A History of American Foreign Reporting LSU Press ISBN 9780807144862 pg 248