- Gerard Colby
Gerard Colby (earlier known as Gerard Colby Zilg) is president of the US
National Writers Union where he previously held various chair positions. From 1997-2001 he served as chair of the Vermont section.He worked on ..
*"Du Pont: Behind The Nylon Curtain" (1974) as the author. The book was the subject of a landmark federal case that won promotional rights for authors. It was re-released as "Du Pont Dynasty" in 1984.
*"Thy Will Be Done, the Conquest of the Amazon" (1995) as co-author with
Charlotte Dennett .*"Into The Buzzsaw: Leading Journalists Expose the Myth of a Free Press" (2002) as collaborator. The book is an anthology on the current state of investigative journalism in the US and was a
Amazon.com top ten best seller.Currently (2003) he is working on a book with Dennett about the U.S. in the Middle East.
In 2003 he received the National Press Club's "Arthur Rouse Award for Press Criticism" for the book "Into the Buzzsaw: Leading Journalists Expose the Myth of a Free Press" (Prometheus Books, 2002) that was edited by the co-award winner
Kristina Borjesson .Colby has appeared on radio and television and lectured at colleges and national conferences.
He lives in
Burlington, Vermont .References
*"Du Pont: Behind The Nylon Curtain". Prentice-Hall, 1974. 600+ pages,by Gerard Colby Zilg,ISBN 0-13-221077-0
*"Du Pont Dynasty: Behind the Nylon Curtain". Secaucus NJ: Lyle Stuart, 1984. 968 pages,by Gerard Colby,ISBN 0-8184-0352-7
*"Thy Will Be Done, the Conquest of the Amazon: Nelson Rockefeller and Evangelism in the Age of Oil" HarperCollins, 1995, Hardcover. 960 pages, by Gerard Colby and Charlotte Dennett, ISBN 0-06-016764-5; HarperCollins: Janice Temple, 1996, Paperback. 1008 pages, ISBN 0-06-092723-2
*"Into The Buzzsaw: Leading Journalists Expose the Myth of a Free Press" Prometheus Books, 2002. 392 pages, by Kristina Borjesson as editor, ISBN 1-57392-972-7
External links
* [http://www.nwu.org/ National Writers Union page]
* [http://www.cephas-library.com/church_n_state_rockefeller_and_evangelism.html "Thy Will Be Done" review]
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