Background
Clarke, Thurston Bruff was born on March 11, 1946 in New York City. Son of Edwin Thurston Clarke and Nancy Bruff Gardner.
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California Fault
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"DELIGHTFULLY ECLECTIC . . . Move over, Alexis de Tocqueville. When Thurston Clarke makes the UFO-earthquake connection halfway through Fault, he elevates himself to the first rank of America's social observers." --Los Angeles Times California has always symbolized the good life, but social problems and natural disasters have tarnished the image of the Golden State. To find out what happened to the California Dream, Clarke sets off on a remarkable journey down the San Andreas fault searching for earthquakes and good news. From the "sensitive" whose headaches predict earthquakes with uncanny precision to a determined dreamer at the Salton Sea who hopes someday to build a blue-collar resort along the abandoned shores, Clarke introduces us to a memorable cast of eccentrics, asking each the provocative question: What is it like living in a place that--no matter how beautiful--might suddenly, while you opened the cereal, combed your hair, or bathed the baby, strike you dead? "VIVID AND CONTINUALLY SURPRISING . . . The author has an unerring ability to search out exactly the right despoiler, utopian, or local eccentric to illuminate the history and character of each stop along the way." --The New Yorker
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Lost Hero: the Mystery of Raoul Wallenberg
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Equator: A Journey
(Thurston Clarke needed twelve visas to travel along the e...)
Thurston Clarke needed twelve visas to travel along the equator and this book is the culmination of the journey. The countries he travelled through include Borneo, Sumatra, Singapore, Nairobi, Quito, Somalia, tha Maldives and Galapagos and Kenya. It is a mixture of humourous anecdotes and political observations.
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California Fault: Looking for the Spirit of a State Along the San Andreas
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Pearl Harbor Ghosts : The Legacy of December 7, 1941
(A landmark book published to rave reviews a decade ago, P...)
A landmark book published to rave reviews a decade ago, Pearl Harbor Ghosts has now been updated to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the surprise attack that forever changed the course of history. Full of gripping drama and vibrant details, here is the intimate human story of the events surrounding that fateful day of December 7, 1941–the glamorous tropical city that seemed too beautiful to suffer devastation . . . the stunned naval personnel whose lives would permanently be divided into before and after Pearl Harbor . . . the ordinary Honolulu residents who were tragically unprepared to be the first target in the Pacific war . . . the Japanese pilots who manned the squadron of deadly silver bombers . . . and the island’s community of Japanese-Americans whose lives would never be the same again. Blending meticulous historic recreation with lively reporting, Clarke counterpoints the freeze-frame nightmare of the 1941 bombing with the disturbing realities of present-day Honolulu, where hundreds of veterans, both American and Japanese, converge each year to relive every hour of the attack. Wealthy Waikiki landowners and native Hawaiian farmers, admirals and nurses, Navy wives and government officials–all take their part in Clarke’s rich tapestry of memory and insight. In the end, Pearl Harbor emerges as a trauma that spread from Oahu to engulf the nation and the world–an event that continues to reverberate in the lives of all who experienced it.
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Pearl Harbor Ghosts
(A landmark book published to rave reviews a decade ago, P...)
A landmark book published to rave reviews a decade ago, Pearl Harbor Ghosts has now been updated to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the surprise attack that forever changed the course of history. Full of gripping drama and vibrant details, here is the intimate human story of the events surrounding that fateful day of December 7, 1941–the glamorous tropical city that seemed too beautiful to suffer devastation . . . the stunned naval personnel whose lives would permanently be divided into before and after Pearl Harbor . . . the ordinary Honolulu residents who were tragically unprepared to be the first target in the Pacific war . . . the Japanese pilots who manned the squadron of deadly silver bombers . . . and the island’s community of Japanese-Americans whose lives would never be the same again. Blending meticulous historic recreation with lively reporting, Clarke counterpoints the freeze-frame nightmare of the 1941 bombing with the disturbing realities of present-day Honolulu, where hundreds of veterans, both American and Japanese, converge each year to relive every hour of the attack. Wealthy Waikiki landowners and native Hawaiian farmers, admirals and nurses, Navy wives and government officials–all take their part in Clarke’s rich tapestry of memory and insight. In the end, Pearl Harbor emerges as a trauma that spread from Oahu to engulf the nation and the world–an event that continues to reverberate in the lives of all who experienced it. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Pearl Harbor Ghosts: A Journey to Hawaii Then and Now
(Book by Clarke, Thurston)
Book by Clarke, Thurston
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By Blood & Fire July 22, 1946: The Attack on the King David Hotel
(Ex-library with small stamps)
Ex-library with small stamps
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Pearl Harbor Ghosts : The Legacy of December 7, 1941 (Paperback)
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Thurston Bruff Clarke
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor, Yale University, 1968. Master of Arts, London University, 1969. Master of Business Administration, Columbia University, 1972.
Career
Clarke is the author of twelve books, the most recent of which is John F Kennedy"s Last Hundred Days: The Transformation of a Manitoba and the Emergence of a Great President (2013). Clarke is a frequent speaker on topics such as writing, modern history and traveling Thurston Clarke is the son in law of British Ambassador Julian Bullard.
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Pearl Harbor Ghosts : The Legacy of December 7, 1941
(A landmark book published to rave reviews a decade ago, P...)
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Pearl Harbor Ghosts
(A landmark book published to rave reviews a decade ago, P...)
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Equator: A Journey
(Thurston Clarke needed twelve visas to travel along the e...)
- Lost Hero: the Mystery of Raoul Wallenberg
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By Blood & Fire July 22, 1946: The Attack on the King David Hotel
(Ex-library with small stamps)
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California Fault
("DELIGHTFULLY ECLECTIC . . . Move over, Alexis de Tocquev...)
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Pearl Harbor Ghosts: A Journey to Hawaii Then and Now
(Book by Clarke, Thurston)
- The last caravan
- California Fault: Looking for the Spirit of a State Along the San Andreas
- California Fault: Looking for the Spirit of a State Along the San Andreas by Thurston Clarke (1996-03-26)
- Pearl Harbor Ghosts : The Legacy of December 7, 1941 by Thurston Clarke (2001-05-01)
- Pearl Harbor Ghosts : The Legacy of December 7, 1941 (Paperback)
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Pearl Harbor Ghosts : The Legacy of December 7, 1941
Membership
Member Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association. M C.
Connections
Married Antonia Ruth Bullard, June 3, 1978. Children: Phoebe, Edwina, Sophie.
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United States
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1972