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Nathaniel Lande, born of Canadian parents, is a journalist, author, and filmmaker with a career spanning several decades. He is the author of ten books including ''Cricket'' and ''Dispatches from the Front: A History of the American War Correspondent'', and was a creative force behind
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during his tenure. The holder of two patents, he is credited for creating the Electronic Book and the Bookbank, a computerized electronic storage and retrieval system. His most recent novel,
While The Music Played
', was released in May 2020 to critical acclaim, and the ''10 Best of Everything'' is a
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for National Geographic Books.


Education

He was educated at the
Avon Old Farms School , motto_translation = Aspiring and Persevering , address = 500 Old Farms Road , city = Avon , state = Connecticut , zipcode = 06001 , country = United St ...
,
Duke University Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist Jame ...
,
Oxford University Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the ...
, and earned his PhD at
Trinity College Dublin , name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin , motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin) , motto_lang = la , motto_English = It will last i ...
in 1992.'Class Notes: 1990s', ''Trinity Alumni'', Issue 11
/ref> While a "Yank at Oxford", he and two classmates won an ARTS Council Award for their musical comedy, A Word With the Governor, a satire about the British Colonial Office. The play opened to rave reviews at the
Oxford Playhouse Oxford Playhouse is a theatre designed by Edward Maufe and F.G.M. Chancellor. It is situated in Beaumont Street, Oxford, opposite the Ashmolean Museum. History The Playhouse was founded as ''The Red Barn'' at 12 Woodstock Road, North Oxfor ...
, and then enjoyed a limited engagement at London's Lyric Hammersmith theatre. As a professor, he has held appointments to the School of Journalism at the
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; the
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at
Duke University Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist Jame ...
, and Distinguished Scholar to Trinity College Dublin.


Career

His career spans publishing, television, and films. Creative Director for the Magazine Group,
Time Inc. Time Inc. was an American worldwide mass media corporation founded on November 28, 1922, by Henry Luce and Briton Hadden and based in New York City. It owned and published over 100 magazine brands, including its namesake ''Time'', ''Sports Illu ...
,The only senior executive to have had a piano in his office Director of Time World News Service, a founding director of Time-Life Films; executive producer for the CBS and NBC television networks; producer/director: Movies of the Week: CBS Cinema Center Films and Universal MCA. At CBS he began his career in the mailroom, and soon was selected by the legendary Michael Dann and
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, to work for the head of Programming. Then he joined the producing staff of ''PM East'', hosted by
Mike Wallace Myron Leon Wallace (May 9, 1918 – April 7, 2012) was an American journalist, game show host, actor, and media personality. He interviewed a wide range of prominent newsmakers during his seven-decade career. He was one of the original correspo ...
, with Peter Lassally (who became producer of ''The Tonight Show'' at NBC). By night, the young and enterprising producers searched for talent discovering
Woody Allen Heywood "Woody" Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; November 30, 1935) is an American film director, writer, actor, and comedian whose career spans more than six decades and multiple Academy Award-winning films. He began his career writing ...
at the Bon Soir, a small club in New York, and
Barbra Streisand Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand (; born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress and director. With a career spanning over six decades, she has achieved success in multiple fields of entertainment, and is among the few performers awar ...
at One Fifth Avenue, and were the first to book them on national television. While Creative Director for the Magazine Group at Time Inc., he innovated presentations for the publishers of the magazines writing musical revues: ''All About Life'', ''One for the Money'', and ''10 the Musical'', for ''Life'', ''Money'', and ''People'' magazines respectively. Each combined editorial content and publishing attributes. They were mini Broadway revues touring the country targeting advertisers. His creators included Scott Ellis and
Susan Stroman Susan P. Stroman (born October 17, 1954) is an American theatre director, choreographer, film director and performer. Her notable theater productions include '' The Producers'', '' Crazy for You'', '' Contact'', and '' The Scottsboro Boys''. She i ...
, who became Broadway directors. Susan Stroman is best known for ''Contact'' and ''The Producers''.All About Life, One for the Money, 10 The Musical; Time, Inc. Archives. New York As Director of Time World News Service, he broadcast ''Time'' stories to America and 70 countries around the world, writing and producing over 800 radio broadcasts.TIME. Letter from the Publisher. April 16, 1984 ''Montage'' and ''Window on the World'' are two of the films and documentaries Nathaniel Lande wrote, produced and directed at Time, Inc., winning over 20 gold medals and international awards, including the New York and
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With
Gregory Peck Eldred Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an American actor and one of the most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1970s. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Peck the 12th-greatest male star of Classic Hollywood C ...
, Lande served as a special White House aide under two United States Presidents. Part of his duties included producing
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events. His productions of ''Salute to Congress'' and a history of Presidential campaign songs called ''Sing Along with Millard Fillmore'', starring
Walter Cronkite Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009) was an American broadcast journalist who served as anchorman for the ''CBS Evening News'' for 19 years (1962–1981). During the 1960s and 1970s, he was often cited as "the mo ...
as narrator, were performed for the Congress. Another innovation was adapting a motion stabilizing system to motion picture cameras, a technology used for gunnery sights on helicopters during the
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, he found on assignment while making a documentary for ''Life'' magazine on helicopter warfare with photographer Larry Burrows, who was killed shortly after in
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. The lens won an
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for Technology. He is author of eleven books including two novels. His notable book ''Cricket'' is partly autobiographical, a coming of age story and triumph over a childhood handicap, received critical acclaim from ''
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'' and ''
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''. He and his central character Jonathan Landau could not speak for the first nine years of their lives. The real Lande and fictional Landau made significant contributions to the first
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. His other works include
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''The 10 Best of Everything, An Ultimate Guide for Travelers''“A rich dreambook for those of us still waiting for our own ships to come in. Logging over 4,000,000 miles, and compiled by veteran travelers Nathaniel and Andrew Lande, this extravagantly entertaining volume has historical and literary journeys, a whole host of trips and expeditions for any taste and to every continent including Antarctica, each complete itinerary a unique variation upon the theme of the 21st century Grand Tour. Highlighted with vintage posters and color illustrations, cosmopolitan sidebars, engaging personal narratives, and famous contributors and correspondents, sets the book apart from any other travel book. Savvy tips, with a wide array of detailed information on luxury hotels, resorts, restaurants, and more, this elegant and sophisticated treasury of travel lore will awaken the wanderlust in readers everywhere”. - ''
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"Mr. Lande's life is just as extraordinary as The 10 BEST OF EVERYTHING, with lists, vignettes and reproductions from his vintage poster collection that are sprinkled throughout the book. How else does one describe a man whose father took him as a young boy to China and India and crossed the
Khyber Pass The Khyber Pass (خیبر درہ) is a mountain pass in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, on the border with the Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan. It connects the town of Landi Kotal to the Valley of Peshawar at Jamrud by traversing ...
into Burma, who plays
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with the world class players in
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, who was taught to tap dance by
Tommy Tune Thomas James Tune (born February 28, 1939) is an American actor, dancer, singer, theatre director, producer, and choreographer. Over the course of his career, he has won ten Tony Awards, the National Medal of Arts, and a star on the Hollywood Wa ...
, who was married to Bob Hope's daughter and is now married to a former Russian ballerina, who was a college professor, who worked with Mike Wallace, Walter Cronkite and Gregory Peck?" - Marilyn Mahon, '' Santa Barbara News Press'', May 21, 2006.
"Beautifully written.... This masterful collection is for anyone who appreciates good writing and loves journalism. It is a moving account of our republic that honors the best in our profession." Edward Barnes, ''Time'' magazine. DISPATCHES FROM THE FRONT is a first rate book about the men and women who reported the gallantry, the raw courage and the horror of America's wars. Nathaniel Lande is both a teacher and a scholar in his vivid account of these correspondents, who became opinion makers helping to shape an emerging nation." - William Friday, President Emeritus, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Lande's novel, ''The Life and Times of Homer Sincere, Whose Amazing Adventures are Documented by his True and Trusted Friend Rigby Canfield'', was released by Overlook Press in May 2010. The novel has been described as: The novel has won praise from authors including
Walter Isaacson Walter Seff Isaacson (born May 20, 1952) is an American author, journalist, and professor. He has been the President and CEO of the Aspen Institute, a nonpartisan policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C., the chair and CEO of CNN, ...
,
Homer Hickam Homer Hadley Hickam Jr. (born February 19, 1943) is an American author, Vietnam War veteran, and a former NASA engineer who trained the first Japanese astronauts. His 1998 memoir '' Rocket Boys'' (also published as ''October Sky'') was a ''New ...
, Selden Edwards,"Nathaniel Lande’s novel is rich with nostalgia, compassion and humor. The saga of Rigby and Homer is beautifully told, full of rich details you will not soon forget. You will finish this special tale satisfied, but wanting more. There is a symmetry here: a story about movies that would make a good movie." - Selden Edwards, author of the
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bestseller, ''The Little Book''
Lande's latest book,
While The Music Played
', is a remarkable story of courage and friendship in WWII, and was released in May 2020 by
Blackstone Publishing Blackstone Audio is one of the largest independent audiobook publishers in the United States, offering over 30,000 audiobooks. The company is based in Ashland, Oregon with five in-house recording studios. Blackstone distributes directly to consu ...
.


Bibliography

*''Mindstyles-Lifestyles'', Price Stern Sloan *''The Emotional Maintenance Manual'', Rawson and Wade *''The Morality and Responsibility of the Press'', Time Inc. *''Self Health'', The Life Long Fitness Book, Holt, Rinehardt, Winston *''Stages, Understanding How You Make Moral Decisions'', Harper Collins *''Cricket'', A Novel, New American Library *''Blueprinting'', HarperCollins *''Dispatches from the Front: A History of the American War Correspondent'', Henry Holt. *Trade Paperback, Oxford University Press *''The Cigar Connoisseur'', Clarkson Potter *''The Ten Best of Everything: Passport to the Best, An Ultimate Guide for Traveler'',
National Geographic ''National Geographic'' (formerly the ''National Geographic Magazine'', sometimes branded as NAT GEO) is a popular American monthly magazine published by National Geographic Partners. Known for its photojournalism, it is one of the most widely ...
Books *''The Life and Times of Homer Sincere, Whose Amazing Adventures are Documented by his True and Trusted Friend Rigby Canfield'', Overlook Press *''While The Music Played'', Blackstone Publishing *''Spinning History: Politics and Propaganda in World War II'', Skyhorse Publishing, Inc


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Official Authors Guild SitePen Profile
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