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Alden Hatch spent much of his life partially disabled by tuberculosis, but he still enjoyed a lifetime of travel and activity. Over the course of his life, he met and interviewed dozens of world leaders, movie stars, and politicians, and became friends with many of them. He wrote more than forty mostra altro books, thirty-six of them biographies, including books on Dwight Eisenhower, Charles de Gaulle, and Woodrow Wilson. Hatch died in 1975 in Sarasota, Florida. mostra meno
Opere di Alden Hatch
Giovanni 23.: un uomo chiamato Giovanni: con il testo integrale delle encicliche Mater et magistra e Pacem in terris e… (1963) 199 copie
The miracle of the mountain; the story of Brother André and the shrine on Mount Royal (1959) 43 copie
Prins Bernhard, zijn plaats en functie in de moderne monarchie : een geautoriseerde biografie (1962) 19 copie
The Wadsworths of the Genesee 2 copie
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We Nehrus 6 copie
Best In Books: Mandate For Change, A Man Named John, Happy New Year Herbie, Renoir, My Father, The Mirror Crack'd, By… (1963) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Hatch, Alden
- Nome legale
- Hatch, Alden R.
- Data di nascita
- 1898-09-26
- Data di morte
- 1975-02-01
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di residenza
- New York, New York, USA
- Attività lavorative
- biographer
- Breve biografia
- Alden R. Hatch (September 16, 1898 - February 1, 1975) was an American writer. He was the son of May D. Hatch and her husband Frederic H. Hatch, owner of a successful Wall Street stock brokerage firm he founded in 1888. Alden's brother, Eric S. Hatch, was a writer on the staff of The New Yorker and a novelist and screenwriter best known for his book 1101 Park Avenue that became a hit film under the title My Man Godfrey.
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A Man Named John: The Life of Pope John XXIII di Alden Hatch
A Man Called John describes Roncalli's peasant background, the years of obscure diplomatic toil on behalf of the Holy See, and his return to Italy as Cardinal Patriarch of Venice—all culminating in his unlikely election as Pope John XXIII in October 1958. The last third of the book is devoted to a detailed description of the Pope's efforts at engaging with all of humanity—Catholic and Protestant, Christian and Non-Christian alike. Early on, the Pope was determined to convene an Ecumenical Council of the Church:… (altro)
The history of, and life in one of the most successful circuses in North America is an interesting and unusual topic, and not many could tell about everyday circus life with the authority of Henry Ringling North. However, the book is a little dry in places, and I found myself putting it down and coming back to it later several times. All in all, though, it was worth the read.
the story of a humble, inspiring, and most unlikely saint.
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- Opere
- 27
- Opere correlate
- 3
- Utenti
- 917
- Popolarità
- #27,979
- Voto
- 3.5
- Recensioni
- 7
- ISBN
- 18