Thurston Clarke Explained

Thurston Clarke
Occupation:	Historian, journalist
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Awards:	Lowell Thomas Award for Travel Literature

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.

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

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

Personal life

He lives with his wife and three daughters in the Adirondacks, in upstate New York.^[3] His daughter, Sophie Clarke, was the winner of , the 23rd season of the popular CBS reality television show.

Thurston Clarke is the son-in-law of former British Ambassador Julian Bullard.

List of works

Non-fiction

• 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

• Thirteen O'Clock (1984)^[15]

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Book: 978-0385539647. Honorable Exit: How a Few Brave Americans Risked All to Save Our Vietnamese Allies at the End of the War. Clarke. Thurston. 2019.
2. Web site: Thurston Clarke. IMDb.
3. Web site: Thurston Clarke - Authors - Macmillan. US Macmillan.
4. Book: Gould . Jim . Rooted in Rock: New Adirondack Writing, 1975-2000 . 2001 . Adirondack Museum/Syracuse University Press . Syracuse, N.Y. . 0815607016 . 52 . 21 December 2018.
5. Book: Dirty money . 1975 . February 4, 2010 . Open Library. 9780671219659 .
6. Book: The last caravan . 1978 . February 4, 2010 . Open Library. 9780399119002 .
7. Book: By blood and fire . 1982 . February 4, 2010 . Open Library. 9780099284307 .
8. Book: Lost hero . 1982 . February 4, 2010 . Open Library. 9780070694101 .
9. Book: Equator . 1988 . February 4, 2010 . Open Library. 9780688069018 .
10. Book: Pearl Harbor ghosts . 1991 . February 4, 2010 . Open Library. 9780688083014 .
11. News: Tim . Cahill . Feeling the Earth Move . . April 28, 1996 . February 4, 2010.
12. News: David Willis . McCullough . Temptation Islands . . June 3, 2001 . February 4, 2010.
13. Book: Ask not . October 8, 2004 . February 4, 2010 . Open Library. 9780805072136 .
14. News: Bill . Lenderking . The Last Campaign book review . http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20090402224007/http://www.aarpmagazine.org/books/last_campaign_review . dead . 2009-04-02 . . May 2008 . February 4, 2010 .
15. News: William . Herrick . In short . . September 16, 1984 . February 4, 2010.