Howard Blum (1) (1948–)
Autor de American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood, and the Crime of the Century
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Sobre El Autor
Howard Blum (born in 1948) is an American author and journalist. Blum earned his undergraduate degree from Stanford University, where he also received an M.A. in government in 1970. He was formerly a reporter for the The Village Voice and The New York Times, where he earned two Pulitzer Prize mostrar más nominations. Since 1994 he has been a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. Blum has also authored several non-fiction books, including the New York Times bestseller and Edgar Award winner: American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood, and the Crime of the Century. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Obras de Howard Blum
American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood, and the Crime of the Century (2008) 528 copias
Dark Invasion: 1915: Germany's Secret War and the Hunt for the First Terrorist Cell in America (2014) 224 copias
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1948
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- United States of America
- Lugares de residencia
- Ridgefield, Connecticut, USA
Sag Harbor, New York, USA - Educación
- Stanford University
- Ocupaciones
- journalist (New York Times ∙ Village Voice)
contributing editor (Vanity Fair) - Organizaciones
- The New York Times Magazine
The Village Voice
Vanity Fair - Premios y honores
- Mike Berger Award, Columbia School of Journalism (1976 ∙ for reporting at the Village Voice)
- Agente
- Lynn Nesbit (Janklow & Nesbit Associates)
- Biografía breve
- Howard Blum has been a contributing editor at Vanity Fair since 1994. His articles for the magazine have included in-depth reports on the murder of Helen Brach, the activities of rogue Hollywood detective Anthony Pellicano, and the story of two New York City police detectives who were hit men for the Mob. Several of his pieces have been optioned for film. Before joining Vanity Fair, Blum spent eight years as a reporter at The New York Times, earning two nominations for a Pulitzer Prize. His articles have also appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, New York, and Life, among other publications. Blum is the author of nine books, including Gangland: How the FBI Broke the Mob (Simon & Schuster, 1993), Wanted! The Search for Nazis in America (Quadrangle/New York Times Book Co., 1977), and The Gold of Exodus: The Discovery of the True Mount Sinai (Simon & Schuster, 1998). His new book, American Lightning, will be published in September 2008. Blum resides in Connecticut and in Sag Harbor, New York.
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This was well written, but I had a hard time sympathizing with the protagonist. I know it is non-fiction, bu t the author opened with her cheating on her husband, with no patriotic motivation and entrapping a guy to cover her pregnancy. . Then there is the way she treats her children. Interesting as a possible explanation for what motivates such people
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Interesante saber un poco más sobre esa época y la perspectiva de los judíos.
La realidad es que apenas llegaron a luchar, prácticamente estuvieron al final de la II guerra mundial. Cuando los dejaron ir, ya que no dependía de ellos, pertenecían en cierta manera al ejército del Reino Unido.
Pese a que casi no entraron en batalla, su labor después de la guerra fue más importante que la de luchar. Ayudaron a los judíos que habían sobrevivido, para que pudieran ir a Israel. No fue una tarea fácil, ya que no los dejaban viajar libremente.
Y hay una parte pequeña dedicada a la venganza, que me ha sabido a poco.… (más)
Interesante saber un poco más sobre esa época y la perspectiva de los judíos.
La realidad es que apenas llegaron a luchar, prácticamente estuvieron al final de la II guerra mundial. Cuando los dejaron ir, ya que no dependía de ellos, pertenecían en cierta manera al ejército del Reino Unido.
Pese a que casi no entraron en batalla, su labor después de la guerra fue más importante que la de luchar. Ayudaron a los judíos que habían sobrevivido, para que pudieran ir a Israel. No fue una tarea fácil, ya que no los dejaban viajar libremente.
Y hay una parte pequeña dedicada a la venganza, que me ha sabido a poco.… (más)
Great start but I thought it bogged down a little at the end. Still I learned a lot about a bad incident in CA. History which I knew nothing about.
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- Obras
- 15
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- #10,280
- Valoración
- 3.7
- Reseñas
- 74
- ISBNs
- 127
- Idiomas
- 9
But then several years later an abandoned yacht was found adrift with various high tech spyng devices aboard. Sometime after that, a body identified as CIA agent John Paisley was pulled from the water. He was identified before the autopsy was started, although the physical characteristics of the body didn’t match with Paisley’s description. His wife was not allowed to view the body before cremation.
And so Bagley got back into the game, using only the records that freedom of information act would allow any citizen to use. His goal was to identify what happened to Paisley and once again try to find the high level mole. He also wanted to be able to reconnect with his daughter who was married to the son of the man who led the investigation of Bagley.
There are various books and a movie already in existence about this era and Bagley’s cases, including one Bagley wrote. Howard Blum has written much more about the Cold War Era Espionage and has a vivid writing style. However, this book became quite confusing to me as it jumped back and forth along several timelines. I also listened to it in the audioversion, and the time shifts along with my unfamiliarity with Russian names, made it even more confusing. I would definitely not recommend this in audio and only cautiously recommend it for those interested in the Cold War spy vs spy games.… (más)