Lowell Thomas
Lowell Jackson Thomas (6 April 1892 – 29 Agustus 1981) adalah seorang penulis, penyiar dan penjelajah Amerika, yang dikenal sebagai orang yang membuat Lawrence dari Arabia menjadi terkenal.
Kehidupan awal dan karier
Thomas lahir di Woodington , Darke County, Ohio , dari pasangan Harry dan Harriet Thomas. Ayahnya adalah seorang dokter dan ibunya adalah seorang guru. Pada 1900, keluarganya pindah ke kota pertambangan Victor, Colorado . Thomas bekerja disana sebagai penambang emas, tukang masak, dan wartawan surat kabar .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
Peninggalan
Untuk menghormatinya, sejak 1980, the Explorers Club di mana Lowell Thomas merupakan anggotanya dahulu, secara tahunan mengadakan Lowell Thomas Awards. Salah satu yang mendapatkan penghargaan ini adalah Rosaly Lopes .
Buku
Beberapa buku Thomas adalah:
With Lawrence in Arabia , 1924The First World Flight , 1925Beyond Khyber Pass , 1925Count Luckner European Skyways , 1927The Boy's Life of Colonel Lawrence , 1927Adventures in Afghanistan for Boys , 1928Raiders of the Deep , 1928The Sea Devil's Fo'c'sle , 1929Woodfill of the Regulars , 1929The Hero of Vincennes: the Story of George Rogers Clark , 1929The Wreck of the Dumaru , 1930Lauterbach of the China Sea India --Land of the Black PagodaRolling Stone: The Life and Adventures of Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore. , 1931 See Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore Tall Stories , 1931Kabluk of the Eskimo , 1932This Side of Hell , 1932Old Gimlet Eye: The Adventures of General Smedley Butler , 1933Born to Raise Hell The Untold Story of Exploration , 1935Fan Mail , 1935A Trip to New York With Bobby and Betty , 1936Men of Danger , 1936Kipling Stories and a Life of KiplingSeeing Canada With Lowell Thomas , 1936Seeing India With Lowell Thomas , 1936Seeing Japan With Lowell Thomas , 1937Seeing Mexico With Lowell Thomas , 1937Adventures Among the Immortals , 1937Hungry Waters , 1937Wings Over Asia , 1937Magic Dials , 1939In New Brunswick We'll Find It , 1939Soft Ball! So What? , 1940How To Keep Mentally Fit , 1940Stand Fast for Freedom , 1940Pageant of Adventure , 1940Pageant of Life , 1941Pageant of Romance , 1943These Men Shall Never Die , 1943Out of this World: Across the Himalayas to Tibet (1951)Back to Mandalay , 1951Great True Adventures , 1955The Story of the New York Thruway , 1955Seven Wonders of the World History As You Heard It 1957The Story of the St. Lawrence Seaway , 1957The Vital Spark , 1959Sir Hubert Wilkins , A Biography , 1961More Great True Adventures , 1963Book of the High Mountains , 1964 (ISBN 978-0671202392 )Famous First Flights That Changed History , 1968 (ISBN 1-59228-536-8 )Burma JackISBN 0-393-08647-X )Doolittle : A BiographyISBN 0-385-06495-0 )Good Evening Everybody: From Cripple Creek to Samarkand , 1976 (ISBN 0-688-03068-8 )So Long Until Tomorrow , 1977 (ISBN 0-688-03236-2 )
Catatan
Lowell Thomas dengan FDR pada 1936
Referensi
Bowen, Norman (ed) (1968) The Stranger Everyone Knows Doubleday
Hamilton, John Maxwell (2011) Journalism's Roving Eye: A History of American Foreign Reporting LSU Press ISBN 9780807144862 pg 248
Pranala luar
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