Hampton Sides

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Hampton Sides

Hampton Sides (* 1962 in Memphis , Tennessee ) is an American historian , author and journalist .

Life

Sides graduated from Yale University with a BA in history. In the past he has given guest lectures at various institutions, such as Columbia University in New York City , Yale, Stanford University in Stanford , California , Colorado College , Southern Methodist University in Dallas , Texas and on National World War II Museum in New Orleans , Louisiana .

In addition to writing history and non-fiction books, Sides is a reporter for Outside magazine and writes for National Geographic Magazine , The New Yorker , Esquire , Men's Journal and The Washington Post .

Sides lives with his wife, who is also a journalist and previously worked for National Public Radio (NPR), and their three sons in Santa Fe , New Mexico .

honors and awards

Sides was a scholarship holder from various institutions, so

Publications

  • 1992: Stomping Ground: A Pilgrim's Progress Through Eight American Subcultures .
  • 2001: Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission .
    • 2002: German: Das Geisterkommando. 1945 in the Asian jungle: the story of a highly dramatic rescue operation . Goldmann, Munich ISBN 3-442-15189-9 .
  • 2004: Americana: Dispatches from the New Frontier . Anchor Books, New York City, USA, ISBN 1-400033551 .
  • 2006: Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West .
  • 2010: Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin .
  • 2015: In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeanette
    • 2017: German: The polar journey. About an irresistible longing, a grandiose plan and its dramatic end in the ice . mareverlag, Hamburg. ISBN 978-3-86648-243-2 .

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personal data
SURNAME Sides, Hampton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American historian, author, and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Memphis , Tennessee