Lowell Thomas

Lowell Thomas
Lowell Thomas, s. 1966
Lahir	Lowell Jackson Thomas (1892-04-06)6 April 1892 Woodington, Darke County, Ohio, Amerika Serikat
Meninggal	29 Agustus 1981(1981-08-29) (umur 89) Pawling, New York, Amerika Serikat
Pendidikan	Victor High School (1910) Valparaiso University (1909-) Denver University (1912-) Chicago-Kent College of Law Princeton University
Penghargaan (1980) James Madison Medal (en) (1976) Presidential Medal of Freedom (1973) Penghargaan Peabody (1970) Golden Plate Award (en) National Aviation Hall of Fame (en) Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (en) Horatio Alger Award (en)

Lowell Jackson Thomas (6 April 1892 – 29 Agustus 1981) adalah seorang penulis, penyiar dan penjelajah Amerika, yang dikenal sebagai orang yang membuat Lawrence dari Arabia menjadi terkenal.

Kehidupan awal dan karier

Thomas lahir di Woodington, Darke County, Ohio, dari pasangan Harry dan Harriet (Wagner) Thomas. Ayahnya adalah seorang dokter dan ibunya adalah seorang guru. Pada 1900, keluarganya pindah ke kota pertambangan Victor, Colorado. Thomas bekerja disana sebagai penambang emas, tukang masak, dan wartawan surat kabar.

Peninggalan

Untuk menghormatinya, sejak 1980, the Explorers Club di mana Lowell Thomas merupakan anggotanya dahulu, secara tahunan mengadakan Lowell Thomas Awards. Salah satu yang mendapatkan penghargaan ini adalah Rosaly Lopes.

Buku

Beberapa buku Thomas adalah:

• With Lawrence in Arabia, 1924
• The First World Flight, 1925
• Beyond Khyber Pass, 1925
• Count Luckner, The Sea Devil, 1927
• European Skyways, 1927
• The Boy's Life of Colonel Lawrence, 1927
• Adventures in Afghanistan for Boys, 1928
• Raiders of the Deep, 1928
• The Sea Devil's Fo'c'sle, 1929
• Woodfill of the Regulars, 1929
• The Hero of Vincennes: the Story of George Rogers Clark, 1929
• The Wreck of the Dumaru, 1930
• Lauterbach of the China Sea, 1930
• India--Land of the Black Pagoda, 1930
• Rolling Stone: The Life and Adventures of Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore., 1931 See Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore
• Tall Stories, 1931
• Kabluk of the Eskimo, 1932
• This Side of Hell, 1932
• Old Gimlet Eye: The Adventures of General Smedley Butler, 1933
• Born to Raise Hell, 1933
• The Untold Story of Exploration, 1935
• Fan Mail, 1935
• A Trip to New York With Bobby and Betty, 1936
• Men of Danger, 1936
• Kipling Stories and a Life of Kipling, 1936
• Seeing Canada With Lowell Thomas, 1936
• Seeing India With Lowell Thomas, 1936
• Seeing Japan With Lowell Thomas, 1937
• Seeing Mexico With Lowell Thomas, 1937
• Adventures Among the Immortals, 1937
• Hungry Waters, 1937
• Wings Over Asia, 1937
• Magic Dials, 1939
• In New Brunswick We'll Find It, 1939
• Soft Ball! So What?, 1940
• How To Keep Mentally Fit, 1940
• Stand Fast for Freedom, 1940
• Pageant of Adventure, 1940
• Pageant of Life, 1941
• Pageant of Romance, 1943
• These Men Shall Never Die, 1943
• Out of this World: Across the Himalayas to Tibet (1951)
• Back to Mandalay, 1951
• Great True Adventures, 1955
• The Story of the New York Thruway, 1955
• Seven Wonders of the World, 1956
• History As You Heard It 1957
• The Story of the St. Lawrence Seaway, 1957
• The Vital Spark, 1959
• Sir Hubert Wilkins, A Biography, 1961
• More Great True Adventures, 1963
• Book of the High Mountains, 1964 (ISBN 978-0671202392)
• Famous First Flights That Changed History, 1968 (ISBN 1-59228-536-8)
• Burma Jack, 1971 (ISBN 0-393-08647-X)
• Doolittle: A Biography, 1976 (ISBN 0-385-06495-0)
• Good Evening Everybody: From Cripple Creek to Samarkand, 1976 (ISBN 0-688-03068-8)
• So Long Until Tomorrow, 1977 (ISBN 0-688-03236-2)

Catatan

Lowell Thomas dengan FDR pada 1936

Referensi

• Bowen, Norman (ed) (1968) The Stranger Everyone Knows Doubleday
• Hamilton, John Maxwell (2011) Journalism's Roving Eye: A History of American Foreign Reporting LSU Press ISBN 9780807144862 pg 248

Pranala luar

• Media tentang Lowell Thomas di Wikimedia Commons
• Lowell Thomas di IMDb (dalam bahasa Inggris)
• With Lawrence in Arabia at Internet Archive.
• Lowell Thomas at Find-A-Grave
• Templat:Rhof
• Lowell Thomas interview at American Heritage
• “Creating History: Lowell Thomas and Lawrence of Arabia” online history exhibit at Clio Visualizing History.
• Lawrenceofarabia.co.uk