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Robert Sam Anson (born 1945) is an American journalist and author.[1] He has been a contributing editor to Vanity Fair since 1995.[2] He is the author of six nonfiction books, including Gone Crazy and Back Again: The Rise and Fall of the Rolling Stone Generation, about Jann Wenner and his magazine.[3]

Anson covered the Vietnam War for Time, beginning in 1969. On August 3, 1970, he was briefly taken prisoner by North Vietnamese troops.[4] He avoided execution after convincing his captors that he was a journalist.[5] Anson wrote of his experience in War News: A Young Reporter in Indochina.

Anson has also contributed to Esquire, Life, and Mademoiselle.[6] His 1981 Esquire cover story on Doug Kenney, "The Life and Death of a Comic Genius," was the first major print remembrance of the National Lampoon humorist and screenwriter.[7]

Books

  • McGovern: A Biography (1972)
  • "They've Killed the President!": The Search for the Murderers of John F. Kennedy (1975)
  • Gone Crazy and Back Again: The Rise and Fall of the Rolling Stone Generation (1981)
  • Exile: The Unquiet Oblivion of Richard M. Nixon (1984)
  • Best Intentions: The Education and Killing of Edmund Perry (1987)
  • War News: A Young Reporter in Indochina (1989)

References

  1. ^ "Robert Sam Anson | Penguin Random House". PenguinRandomhouse.com.
  2. ^ Magazine, Vanity Fair. "Robert Sam Anson". Vanity Fair.
  3. ^ "BOOKS OF THE TIMES; Books Of The Times". February 10, 1981 – via NYTimes.com.
  4. ^ "Bio, Anson, Robert". www.pownetwork.org.
  5. ^ magazine, Reviewed by Marc Leepson, Book editor and columnist for Veteran. "ALL CAUGHT UP IN THE FURY OF WAR". chicagotribune.com. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "The Sunday Profile : Last of a Breed : Robert Sam Anson would go to hell and back for a good story--a passion that many admire. But some say making him editor of Los Angeles magazine was a risky move". September 24, 1995 – via LA Times.
  7. ^ Anson, Robert Sam (March 1, 2014). "Doug Kenney: The Odd Comic Genius Behind 'Animal House' and National Lampoon" – via www.thedailybeast.com.



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