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Lincoln author gore
Lincoln author gore





His mother, Nina, the daughter of Oklahoma Senator Thomas Pryor Gore, worked as an actress.

lincoln author gore

Roosevelt, heading the Bureau of Air Commerce.

lincoln author gore

Vidal's father, Eugene Vidal, a former All-American football player and track star, worked under U.S. He often read to his grandfather as a boy, and soon developed a fondness for both literature and politics. Vidal became very close to his grandfather, Senator T. on October 3, 1925, at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York. Vidal was born as Eugene Luther Vidal Jr.

lincoln author gore

Among Vidal's most famous works are the 1960s books Julian and Myra Breckinridge the 1984 novel Lincoln his 1993 political work United States: Essays 1952-1992, for which he won the National Book Award and his 1995 memoir, Palimpsest. He wrote and published more than 200 essays and 24 novels throughout his career, which included a venture into politics, a stint as a popular talk-show guest and even running for political office. American writer Gore Vidal is known for many popular screenplays, plays and novels, as well as other literary works.







Lincoln author gore