Nationality American Residence Chevy Chase Role Author | Name James Jr. Occupation Author
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Full Name James Barrett Reston, Jr. Born September 1, 1943 (age 81) ( 1943-09-01 ) New York City, USA Alma mater University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Education University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Parents Sarah Jane Fulton, James Reston Siblings Richard Reston, Thomas Reston Books Warriors of God, The last apocalypse, The Conviction of Richar, Collision at home plate, Our father who art in hell Similar People Sam Rockwell, Richard Nixon, Peter Morgan, Ron Howard | ||
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James Barrett Reston, Jr. (born September 1, 1943) is an American author and journalist. His father was the American journalist James Reston.
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- Was john f kennedy the accidental victim james reston jr discusses his new book
- James reston jr the accidental victim
- Early life
- Career
- Personal life
- References
James reston jr the accidental victim
Early life
Reston was born in New York City September 1, 1943 and raised in Washington, D.C.. He earned his BA in philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) while on a Morehead Scholarship. At UNC, he was an All-South soccer player, and retains the single game scoring record for the university (5 goals against NC State, October 18, 1962). He attended Oxford University during his junior year.
Career
Reston was an assistant to U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Stewart Udall (1964–1965) and served in the U.S. Army (1965–1968) as an intelligence officer. He was a lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of North Carolina (1971–81). Reston is a Senior Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington D.C. and has been a fellow at the American Academy in Rome and a scholar in residence at the Library of Congress.
Reston is the author of 13 books, three plays, and numerous articles in national magazines. His works of both fiction and non-fiction cover mostly historical and political topics. He was awarded the Prix Italia and the Dupont-Columbia Award for his 1983 90-minute radio documentary on National Public Radio, Father Cares: the Last of Jonestown. Three of his works, Galileo: A Life, The Last Apocalypse, and Warriors of God, have been translated into ten foreign languages. Warriors of God and Collision at Home Plate have been optioned by Hollywood. His latest work, The Accidental Victim, is a non-fiction book about John F. Kennedy's assassination which argues that Texas Governor John Connally was Lee Harvey Oswald's intended victim.
Reston's articles have appeared in The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Time, The New York Times Magazine, George, Esquire, American Theatre, Playboy, and Rolling Stone. In recent years he has lectured widely in the United States and overseas on the millennium and the Crusades, citing their relevance to modern issues.
Personal life
Reston is married, has three children, and lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland. He is depicted in the 2008 film Frost/Nixon, portrayed by Sam Rockwell.