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Robert Ruark
American novelist
Robert Chester Ruark Jr. | |
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| Born | (1915-12-29)December 29, 1915 Wilmington, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | July 1, 1965(1965-07-01) (aged 49) London, England |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | American |
| Notable works | Horn of the Hunter Something of Value |
| Spouse | Virginia Webb |
Robert Ruark (December 29, 1915 in Wilmington, North Carolina – July 1, 1965 in London, England)[1] was an American author, syndicated columnist, and big game hunter.
Early life
Born Robert Chester Ruark Jr., to Charlotte A. Ruark and Robert C. Ruark, a bookkeeper for a wholesale grocery, young Ruark grew up in Wilmington, North Carolina. His brother, David, was adopted, and little is known about him. The Ruark family was deeply affected by the Depression, but still managed to send Robert to college. He graduated early from New Hanover High School, and enrolled in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill at age 15. His studies included a few journalism classes but he did not gain a degree.
Early career
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Someone of Value: A Biography of Robert Ruark By Hugh Foster
Ruark, Robert
Agoura CA: Trophy Room Books, 2001. Reprint. Hardcover. FINALLY, the long awaited (it's been ten years) reprint of the best biography ever done on Bob Ruark. 336 pages, 43 ill. The first limited ed of 1,000 copies printed in 1992 sold out in less than a year! So we expect big things for this reprint edition. Through ten major books and thousands of newspaper columns, Ruark was known to millions around the world. In his short lifetime, he grew from "an old man's boy" to warrior, columnist, reporter and big game hunter. His newspaper columns in many ways accurately predicted what would happen in Africa when European powers engineered independence for their colonies. He was also a noted big game hunter (There are worse memorials to a great life than a book or a tusk.) In the end, this old man was all wore out, but during his life he was a belt level reporter, a visionary and a man who always lived at risk. Hugh Foster spent hundreds of hours of research and hundreds more interviewing Ruark's friends in
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Author: Hugh Foster
Publisher: Trophy Room Books, Oct 2001
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 1-882458-30-3
Synopsis
Eagerly anticipated reprint of this "belt-level, living on the edge reporter, Robert C. Ruark." An informative, insightful & exciting biography as well as a look at a man & a continent both fighting for existence. 12 new photos = 43 photos; 7x10 inches, 316 pgs.
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Africa has a genius for extremes, for the beginning and the end. It seems simultaneously connected to some memory of Eden and to some foretaste of apocalypse. Nowhere is day more vivid or night darker. Nowhere is there a continent more miserable.? TIME Magazine Sept. 7, 1992.
Through ten major books (including Uhuru, Poor No More, The Old Man and the Boy, Horn of the Hunter) and thousands of newspaper columns, Bob Ruark was known to millions around the world. In his relatively short lifetime, Ruark grew from ?the old man?s boy? to become a warrior, columnist, novelist, one of America?s best investigative reporters and a big game hunter. He said, ?There are worse memorials to a great
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