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John McCain

An American Odyssey

John McCain( )
Author: Timberg, Robert
ISBN:978-0-684-86794-6
Publication Date:Aug 1999
Publisher:Touchstone
Imprint:Touchstone
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $17.95
Book Description:

From the Naval Academy to the POW camps of Vietnam to Capitol Hill and possibly to the White House -- one of America's most remarkable menIn 1998, at the dedication of the National Prisoner of War Museum in Andersonville, Georgia, former Attorney General Griffin Bell, a Democrat, introduced Senator John McCain, the featured speaker and a Republican, with these words: "We often hear people now say, where are our heroes, where have all our heroes gone? Well, Senator McCain is an...
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Book Details
Pages:240
Detailed Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Political
Political Science / Political Process / Campaigns & Elections
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.5 x 8.438 x 0.59 Inches
Book Weight:0.733 Pounds
Author Biography
Timberg, Robert (Author)
Robert Richard Timberg was born in Miami Beach, Florida on June 16, 1940. He graduated from the Naval Academy in 1964. He served with the First Marine Division in Vietnam starting in 1966. At the age of 26, an explosion destroyed his armored personnel carrier and disfigured his face. He underwent 35 reconstructive operations. This experience was recounted in his memoir Blue-Eyed Boy.

After his discharge from the Marines, he received a master's degree in journalism from Stanford University in 1969. He began his journalism career at The Evening Capital in Annapolis before joining The Baltimore Evening Sun in 1973. After studying at Harvard under a Nieman fellowship, he returned to cover Congress for The Sun. He retired in 2005 as deputy Washington bureau chief. He wrote several books during his lifetime including The Nightingale's Song. He died of respiratory failure on September 6, 2016 at the age of 76.

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