John C. Waugh

John Clinton Waugh (born October 12, 1929) in Biggs, California is an American historian.[1]

Early life, education and family

Education: University of Arizona, BA 1951, with post-graduate work in history and political science at UCLA and St. Johns College.

Waugh resides in North Texas with his wife, Kathleen Dianne Lively, a social work administrator. Their children are Daniel Waugh, a lawyer in Providence, RI, and Eliza Waugh, a teacher in Austin, Texas.

Journalism career

Waugh began professional writing as a journalist, then turned to media work for national politicians, and began authoring books about history in 1989. He is best known for his first book, "The Class of 1846 — From West Point to Appomattox: Stonewall Jackson, George McClellan and their Brothers," which won the New York Civil War Round Table’s Fletcher Pratt Literary Award for the best non-fiction book of 1994 and was a best-seller. He is author of four books on Abraham Lincoln and eight other histories on topics relating to the American Civil War.

Waugh was employed 1956–1973 as a staff correspondent and bureau chief on The Christian Science Monitor. Honors included the American Bar Association’s 1972 Silver Gavel Award for the best national reporting for a series on American prisons.

He was a media specialist on the staff of Vice President Nelson Rockefeller 1973–1976 and press secretary to Democratic Senator Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico 1983–1988.

His contributions to periodicals include articles in Civil War History, American Heritage, Civil War Times Illustrated, Columbiad, The Washington Post Book World, The New York Times, The New Republic, The Nation, The Los Angeles Times Magazine, The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald American, and Country Magazine.

He has been a consultant to organizations including the National Archives and Records Administration, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Atlantic Richfield Company, President’s Council on Environmental Quality, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), and West Virginia Public Radio. He has been a tour guide for HistoryAmerica TOURS and Custom Travel Concepts.

Published works

Full-length narratives

Shorter works

Awards

References

  1. "A Brief Self-Serving Bio". johncwaugh.com. Retrieved 30 January 2011.

External links

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