Alden Hatch (1898–1975)
Autor de A Man Named John: The Life of Pope John XXIII
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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 mostrar más books, thirty-six of them biographies, including books on Dwight Eisenhower, Charles de Gaulle, and Woodrow Wilson. Hatch died in 1975 in Sarasota, Florida. mostrar menos
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- Nombre canónico
- Hatch, Alden
- Nombre legal
- Hatch, Alden R.
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1898-09-26
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1975-02-01
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugares de residencia
- New York, New York, USA
- Ocupaciones
- biographer
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- 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 por 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:… (más)
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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