David Lamb (1) (1940–2016)
Autore di The Africans
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Sull'Autore
David Sherman Lamb was born in Boston, Massachusetts on March 5, 1940. He began his journalism career at 14, when he wrote a weekly column for The Milwaukee Journal about the Braves leaving Boston for Milwaukee from the perspective of a teenager. He graduated from the School of Journalism at the mostra altro University of Maine in 1962. He worked for The Okinawa Morning Star and United Press International before joining The Los Angeles Times. He left the paper in 2004 after 34 years. His first book, The Africans, was published in 1983. His other books included The Arabs, Stolen Season: A Journey Through America and Baseball's Minor Leagues, Over the Hills: A Midlife Escape Across America by Bicycle, and Vietnam, Now: A Reporter Returns. He also worked on the PBS documentary Vietnam Passage: Journeys from War to Peace in 2002. He died from lymphoma and esophageal cancer on June 5, 2016 at the age of 76. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Opere di David Lamb
A season in the Minors 1 copia
Opere correlate
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 1989 (1989) — Author "Bill, Williw, and Joe" — 19 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 1996 (1995) — Author "In Review: Reporting World War II" — 14 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Altri nomi
- Lamb, David Sherman
- Data di nascita
- 1940-03-05
- Data di morte
- 2016-06-05
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Alexandria, Virginia, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
- Istruzione
- University of Maine School of Journalism (1962)
- Attività lavorative
- journalist
war correspondent
historian - Relazioni
- Northrop, Sandy (spouse)
- Organizzazioni
- United Press International
Los Angeles Times
Utenti
Recensioni
Liste
Premi e riconoscimenti
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 8
- Opere correlate
- 3
- Utenti
- 778
- Popolarità
- #32,714
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 8
- ISBN
- 75
- Lingue
- 2
---update 4/2018...just finished re-reading it. I wasn't remembering all the details quite correctly, but think Lamb does a fine job throwing in history of the bicycle, of roads in America, of bicycling advocacy, as well as recounting details of his adventure. Seems dated now, 20-odd years after it's publication, but was the first bike touring book I read and I appreciate it being the one to grab my interest in this subject. Not the best of the bike touring books I've read, but certainly in the next tier.… (altro)