Bibliograph

Our man elsewhere, in search of Alan Moorehead, Thornton McCamish

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Our man elsewhere, in search of Alan Moorehead, Thornton McCamish

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographic references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

portraitsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Our man elsewhere

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Thornton McCamish

Sub title

in search of Alan Moorehead

Summary

A world-famous Australian writer, an inspiration to Robert Hughes and Clive James, a legendary war correspondent who also wrote bestselling histories of exploration and conservation ...and yet forgotten? In this dazzling book, Thornton McCamish delves into the past to reclaim a remarkable figure, Alan Moorehead. As a reporter, Moorehead witnessed many of the great historical events of the mid-20th century: the Spanish Civil War and both world wars, Cold War espionage, and decolonisation in Africa. He debated strategy with Churchill and Gandhi, fished with Hemingway, and drank with Graham Greene, Ava Gardner and Truman Capote. As well as being a regular contributor to the New Yorker, in 1956 Moorehead wrote the first significant book about the Gallipoli campaign. With its countless adventures, its touch of jet-set glamour and its tragic arc, Moorehead's story is a beguiling one. Thornton McCamish tells it as a quest - intimate, perceptive and superbly entertaining

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