Walter Lord (1917–2002)
Auteur de La Nuit du Titanic
A propos de l'auteur
Walter Lord is the author of several best-selling works of history, including "A Night to Remember", the recreation of the sinking of the Titanic. He lives in New York City. (Publisher Provided) John Walter Lord, Jr. (October 8, 1917- May 19, 2002), was an American author, best known for his afficher plus documentary-style non-fiction account A Night to Remember, about the sinking of the RMS Titanic. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland; he attended Princeton University and alo earned a law degree from Yale Law School. Lord wrote 11 bestselling books on such subjects as Pearl Harbor (Day of Infamy, 1957), the Battle of Midway (Incredible Victory, 1967), the Battle of the Alamo (A Time to Stand, 1961). He is perhaps best known for his classic work about the crash of the Titanic, A Night to Remember (1955). Lord died at age 84 after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. He resided in Manhattan, New York. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Œuvres de Walter Lord
The Night Lives On: The Untold Stories & Secrets Behind the Sinking of the Unsinkable Ship-Titanic (1986) 592 exemplaires
The World War II Collection: The Miracle of Dunkirk, Day of Infamy, and Incredible Victory (2016) 11 exemplaires
The Miracle of Dunkirk Paperback March 6, 1984 1 exemplaire
Fremantle Diary (Classics of War Ser.) 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Missions dangereuses et services secrets : agents, espions et soldats durant la seconde guerre mondiale (1964) — Contributeur — 181 exemplaires
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- Nom légal
- Lord, John Walter , Jr.
- Date de naissance
- 1917-10-08
- Date de décès
- 2002-05-19
- Lieu de sépulture
- Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Études
- Princeton University (1939)
Yale University - Professions
- writer
historian - Organisations
- Office of Strategic Services (WWII)
- Prix et distinctions
- Francis Parkman Prize for Special Achievement (1994)
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Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 18
- Aussi par
- 8
- Membres
- 6,910
- Popularité
- #3,537
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 115
- ISBN
- 243
- Langues
- 16
- Favoris
- 8