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Doug Stanton
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Doug Stanton

Doug Stanton is the author of the New York Times bestseller In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors. A former contributing editor at Esquire, Sports Afield, and Outside, Stanton is now a contributing editor at Men's Journal and has written extensively on travel, sport, entertainment, and history, during which time he nearly drowned in Cape Horn waters, survived a mugging by jungle revolutionaries, played basketball with George Clooney, and took an acting lesson from Harrison Ford.Stanton lives in his hometown of Traverse City, Michigan, where he is a member of the advisory board of the Interlochen Center for the... Read full bio

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TV 7 & 4, January 17, 2012
...Read more: Local, Education, Community, Tourism, NWS, National Writers Series, Doug Stanton, National Writers Series Traverse City, Traverse City, NWS Traverse City, Author and Book Picks for NWS, Author Visits to Traverse City, Writers Series, Writers...
Detroit News, October 21, 2011
...Traverse City No. 6 on its list of Top 10 Cities for Book Lovers. Author and TC resident Doug Stanton ("In Harm's Way," "Horse Soldier") runs the National Writers Series there, and hosted Pulitzer Prize winner (and former Detroiter) Jeffrey Eugenides...
Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, July 7, 2011
...Nov. 16; Steve Curwood, host of NPR’s Living on Earth series, speaks on Feb. 27, 2012; and Doug Stanton, author of “Horse Soldiers” and “In Harm’s Way,” concludes the series March 19, 2012. The Wharton Center is currently offering special...
Wichita Falls Times Record News, May 13, 2011
...boy coming of age. I'll reread it again some day. 8. "In Harm's Way," by Doug Stanton. The tragic account of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis during World War II. Japanese torpedoes sank the Indianapolis just after it had delivered components for the...
Examiner.com, March 29, 2011
...Survivor by Marcus Luttrell Galloping Ghost by Carl LaVo Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield Horse Soldiers by Doug Stanton SAS Guide to Tracking by Bob Carss The Warrior Elite: Forging of SEAL Class 228 by Dick Couch Chesty: the Story of Lieutenant...
At Home With Books, March 3, 2011
...by Michelle Moran - France Fannie's Last Supper by Christopher Kimball - Boston, MA Horse Soldiers by Doug Stanton - Afghanistan Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (re-read) - Scotland Letters From Home by Kristina McMorris - Chicago, IL (Since I haven't...
At Home With Books, February 27, 2011
...Down the Hall by Glenn Plaskin Promise Me by Nancy G. Brinker Finished Last Week: Horse Soldiers by Doug Stanton Currently Reading: As Always, Julia: The Letters of Julia Child and Avis DeVoto Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon (Audiobook/Re-read)...
At Home With Books, February 20, 2011
...material, but I'm not going to take any chances. Today I will be reading Horse Soldiers by Doug Stanton. I'm just a few chapters into it, but have been surprised so far that it has been fairly easy to read and follow for a nonfiction book. Reviewed...