Thurston Clarke (born 1946) is an American

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, author and

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Education and career

Clarke was educated at

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...

Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...

and the

School of Oriental and African Studies The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS University of London; ) is a public research university in London, England, and a member institution of the federal University of London. Founded in 1916, SOAS is located in the Bloomsbury area ...

, 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''. Clarke is a frequent speaker on topics such as writing, modern history and travel and has appeared in documentaries.

Honors and awards

Clarke is the recipient of a

Guggenheim fellowship Guggenheim Fellowships are Grant (money), grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, endowed by the late Simon Guggenheim, Simon and Olga Hirsh Guggenheim. These awards are bestowed upon indiv ...

. He has also received the Lowell Thomas Award for Travel Literature.

Personal life

He lives with his wife and three daughters in the

Adirondacks The Adirondack Mountains ( ) are a massif of mountains in Northeastern New York (state), New York which form a circular dome approximately wide and covering about . The region contains more than 100 peaks, including Mount Marcy, which is the hi ...

, in upstate New York. His daughter, Sophie Clarke, was the winner of '' Survivor: South Pacific'', the 23rd season of the popular CBS reality television show. Thurston Clarke is the son-in-law of former British

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Julian Bullard.

List of works

Non-fiction

*''Dirty Money: Swiss Banks, the Mafia, Money Laundering, and White Collar Crime'' (1975) (with John J. Tigue) *''The Last Caravan'' (1978) *''By Blood and Fire: The Attack on the King David Hotel'' (1981) *''Lost Hero: The Mystery of Raoul Wallenberg'' (1982) (with Frederick E. Werbell) *''Equator: A Journey'' (1988) *''Pearl Harbor Ghosts'' (1991) *''California Fault: Searching for the Spirit of a State Along the San Andreas'' (1996) *''Searching for Crusoe: A Journey Among the Last Real Islands'' (2001) (reprinted as ''Islomania'') *''Ask Not: The Inauguration of John F. Kennedy and The Speech That Changed America'' (2004) *''The Last Campaign: Robert F. Kennedy and 82 Days That Inspired America'' (2008) *''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)

References

External links

Official website
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