Tom Wicker (1926–2011)
Autor von Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Tom Wicker was born in Hamlet, North Carolina on June 18, 1926. He served in the Navy during World War II. He received a degree in journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1948. Over the next decade, he was an editor and reporter at several newspapers in North Carolina. He mehr anzeigen started working for The New York Times in 1960 and became the paper's Washington bureau chief and a political columnist for 25 years. He was riding in the presidential motorcade when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. He wrote 20 books, 10 fiction works and 10 non-fiction works. His fiction works include Facing the Lions, Unto This Hour, Donovan's Wife, and Easter Lilly. His non-fiction works include A Time to Die, Kennedy without Tears: The Man Beneath the Myth, JFK and LBJ: The Influence of Personality Upon Politics, One of Us: Richard Nixon and the American Dream, Tragic Failure: Racial Integration in America, On the Record: An Insider's Guide to Journalism, and Shooting Star: The Brief Arc of Joe McCarthy. He died of a heart attack on November 25, 2011 at the age of 85. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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What Ifs? of American History : Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Been (2003) — Mitwirkender — 502 Exemplare
Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (1968) — Einführung, einige Ausgaben — 328 Exemplare
The Lincoln Anthology: Great Writers on His Life and Legacy from 1860 to Now (2008) — Mitwirkender — 153 Exemplare
Novel History: Historians and Novelists Confront America's Past and Each Other (2001) — Mitwirkender — 133 Exemplare
Forgotten Heroes: Inspiring American Portraits from Our Leading Historians (1999) — Mitwirkender — 109 Exemplare
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 1998 (1998) — Author "Vietnam in America, 1865" — 15 Exemplare
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 1998 (1998) — Author "Turing Point in the Wilderness" — 14 Exemplare
Thomas Jefferson: Selected Writings (Library of America Paperback Classics) (2011) — Einführung, einige Ausgaben — 10 Exemplare
The hard years : a look at contemporary America and American institutions (1975) — Einführung, einige Ausgaben — 9 Exemplare
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 2000 (2000) — Author "A Hellish Start to the Year" — 9 Exemplare
Best in Books: Sea Jade, Kennedy without Tears, If Morning Ever Comes, The Ziegfeld's Girl, A Vanishing America (1965) — Mitwirkender — 2 Exemplare
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- Gebräuchlichste Namensform
- Wicker, Tom
- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Wicker, Thomas Grey
- Andere Namen
- Connolly, Paul (pen name)
- Geburtstag
- 1926-06-18
- Todestag
- 2011-11-25
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- Hamlet, North Carolina, USA
- Sterbeort
- Rochester, Vermont, USA
- Ausbildung
- University of North Carolina (Journalism, 1948)
- Berufe
- journalist
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- The New York Times
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