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[edit]

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[edit]

Clarke is the recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship.[3] He has also received the Lowell Thomas Award for Travel Literature.[4]

Personal life[edit]

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[edit]

Non-fiction[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  • Thirteen O'Clock (1984)[15]

References[edit]

  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.

External links[edit]

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