Temple Hornaday Fielding (October 8, 1913 – May 18, 1983) was an American

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from in

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who published the ''Fielding Travel Guides'' starting in 1948. During World War II, he was a

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operative in Europe under the

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(OSS). Fielding was a Captain attached to the

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(MO) unit, 2677th Regiment OSS (Provisional). The "2677" was the subject of an inside joke at MO Rome, since the Pantone color code for the ink used in the forgery of the 6 pfennig Hitler head stamp was 2677. MO Rome was headed by Eugene P. Warner, a civilian, formerly of the

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. MO Rome used an existing Italian printing house where many of the leaflets, posters, and forged postage stamps were printed. Fielding allegedly helped with the printing as part of the Planning Group. Fielding was discharged from the army as a Major on June 6, 1945. In 1945, his OSS superior, Gene Warner, became public relations director for TWA International Division. Warner is said to have needed some institutional mentions for the airlines, and asked Temple to scare up some national magazine assignments in which the placements could be made. Fielding was able to place the airline ads in the

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and

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. Fielding's first travel guide, ''Fielding's Travel Guide to Europe'', was published in 1948. In 1951 he and his wife moved from New York to Denmark, but soon resettled in Formentor, Mallorca, Spain, where he established his company headquarters for Fielding Publications, Inc. With World War II over, Fielding viewed it as his mission to make Europe available to America. Fielding's guides emphasized hotels, restaurants, and shopping rather than cultural attractions, which he felt were not very important to most of his readers. Fielding was an editor of the ''

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'' from 1968 to 1983 and of ''

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'' from 1970 to 1983.

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acquired ''Fielding's Travel Guides'' in 1993; they were published until 1998.

Personal life

Fielding was the son of George Thomas Fielding II and Helen Ross Hornaday. He was a descendant of

Henry Fielding Henry Fielding (22 April 1707 – 8 October 1754) was an English writer and magistrate known for the use of humour and satire in his works. His 1749 comic novel ''The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling'' was a seminal work in the genre. Along wi ...

on his father's side and the grandson of the author and naturalist

William Temple Hornaday William Temple Hornaday, Doctor of Science, Sc.D. (December 1, 1854 – March 6, 1937) was an American zoologist, conservationist, taxidermist, and author. He served as the first director of the New York Zoological Park, known today as th ...

on his mother's side. He attended a prep school and graduated from

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in 1939. He married his literary agent Nancy Parker in October, 1942. They had a son, Dodge Temple Fielding. He had a heart attack in August 1982 and died on May 18, 1983.

Publications

* ''Fielding's Travel Guide to Europe: 1954-55'' * ''Fielding's travel guide to Europe 1967'' * ''Fielding's Far East'' * ''Fielding's Travel Guide to Europe 1969'' * ''Super Economy Europe'' * ''A Guide to the Field Artillery Replacement Training Center, Fort Bragg, North Carolina''An estimated 2.5 million were printed.

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Bibliography

* "Modern Living: A Guide to Temple Fielding", ''Time'', June 6, 1969

External links

Portrait on cover of Time magazine, June 6, 1969, Vol. 93 No. 23

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fielding, Temple 20th-century American travel writers American male non-fiction writers 1913 births 1983 deaths Writers from the Bronx