- Robert Sherrill
Robert Sherrill is an American
investigative journalist and longtime contributor to "The Nation ", "Texas Observer ", and many other magazines over the years including "Playboy ", the "New Republic " and the "New York Times Magazine ".Sherrill, Robert, The Saturday Night Special. Charterhouse, 1973, "About the Author", pp. 337-8.]Sherrill was born in Georgia, and served on a merchant ship off
Japan at the end ofWorld War II . He was educated at theUniversity of Texas , taught English at schools includingTexas A&M University . A lasting influence was theSyracuse University philosopherT. V. Smith who preached a commitment to public service.He was formerly a reporter for the "
Miami Herald ", the "Austin American-Statesman ", the weekly "Texas Observer ", and "Washington Post ". As the Washington Correspondent and then Corporations Correspondent for "The Nation", his efforts got him banned from theWhite House landed him on themaster list of Nixon political opponents . He lived for a long time on Capitol Hill, and made friends with some lawmakers. He also worked forIsaac Stone as a staff writer for his weekly, but soon parted ways.Sherrill has authored numerous books on politics and society, including his
Hubert Humphrey biography "The Drugstore Liberal" (1968), "Military Justice Is To Justice as Military Music Is To Music" (1970), "The Saturday Night Special" (1973), "The Last Kennedy" (1976) and "The Oil Follies of 1970-1980: How the Petroleum Industry Stole the Show (And Much More Besides)" (1983). His biography ofLyndon Johnson , "The Accidental President", had a run on the best sellers list. He also wrote "Gothic Politics in the Deep South" and the textbook "Why They Call it Politics: A Guide to America's Government".Long a resident of
Washington, D.C. , he later moved toTallahassee, Florida . In his latter years, his writing has principally been confined to book reviews.References
External links
* [http://www.thenation.com/directory/bios/robert_sherrill Robert Sherrill bio] via "
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