Thurston Clarke

Thurston Clarke
OccupationHistorian, journalist
Notable awardsLowell Thomas Award for Travel Literature
Website
thurstonclarke.com

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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Thurston Clarke". IMDb.
  3. ^ a b "Thurston Clarke - Authors - Macmillan". US Macmillan.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Dirty money. Open Library. 1975. ISBN 9780671219659. Retrieved February 4, 2010.
  6. ^ The last caravan. Open Library. 1978. ISBN 9780399119002. Retrieved February 4, 2010.
  7. ^ By blood and fire. Open Library. 1982. ISBN 9780099284307. Retrieved February 4, 2010.
  8. ^ Lost hero. Open Library. 1982. ISBN 9780070694101. Retrieved February 4, 2010.
  9. ^ Equator. Open Library. 1988. ISBN 9780688069018. Retrieved February 4, 2010.
  10. ^ Pearl Harbor ghosts. Open Library. 1991. ISBN 9780688083014. Retrieved February 4, 2010.
  11. ^ Cahill, Tim (April 28, 1996). "Feeling the Earth Move". The New York Times. Retrieved February 4, 2010.
  12. ^ McCullough, David Willis (June 3, 2001). "Temptation Islands". The New York Times. Retrieved February 4, 2010.
  13. ^ Ask not. Open Library. October 8, 2004. ISBN 9780805072136. Retrieved February 4, 2010.
  14. ^ Lenderking, Bill (May 2008). "The Last Campaign book review". AARP. Archived from the original on April 2, 2009. Retrieved February 4, 2010.
  15. ^ Herrick, William (September 16, 1984). "In short". The New York Times. Retrieved February 4, 2010.