Thurston Clarke

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Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox writer 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.Template: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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Clarke is a frequent speaker on topics such as writing, modern history and travel and has appeared in documentaries.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Honors and awards

Clarke is the recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship.<ref name="macmillan.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He has also received the Lowell Thomas Award for Travel Literature.<ref name="Gould">Template:Cite book</ref>

Personal life

He lives with his wife and three daughters in the Adirondacks, in upstate New York.<ref name="macmillan.com"/> 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.Template:Citation needed

List of works

Non-fiction

  • Dirty Money: Swiss Banks, the Mafia, Money Laundering, and White Collar Crime (1975) (with John J. Tigue)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • The Last Caravan (1978)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • By Blood and Fire: The Attack on the King David Hotel (1981)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Lost Hero: The Mystery of Raoul Wallenberg (1982) (with Frederick E. Werbell)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Equator: A Journey (1988)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Pearl Harbor Ghosts (1991)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • California Fault: Searching for the Spirit of a State Along the San Andreas (1996)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • Searching for Crusoe: A Journey Among the Last Real Islands (2001)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> (reprinted as Islomania)
  • Ask Not: The Inauguration of John F. Kennedy and The Speech That Changed America (2004)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • The Last Campaign: Robert F. Kennedy and 82 Days That Inspired America (2008)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • 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

References

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