Tony Horwitz | |
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Born | Anthony Lander Horwitz June 9, 1958 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Died | May 27, 2019 Washington, D.C., U.S. | (aged 60)
Occupation | Journalist, writer |
Education | Brown University (BA) Columbia University (MA) |
Genre | Non-fiction, travel and description, military history, biography |
Subject | Civil War, maritime discoveries |
Notable awards | 1994 James Aronson Award, 1995 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting |
Spouse | |
Children | 2[1] |
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Anthony Lander Horwitz (June 9, 1958 – May 27, 2019) was an American journalist and author who wrote articles and several books. He won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting. He wrote about subjects including American history and society.
His books include One for the Road: a Hitchhiker's Outback (1987), Baghdad Without a Map (1991), Confederates in the Attic, Blue Latitudes (AKA Into the Blue), A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World (2008),[2] Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War (2011),[3] and Spying on the South: An Odyssey Across the American Divide (2019).[4]