Philip Caputo
Author of A Rumor of War
About the Author
Philip Caputo was born on June 10, 1941 in Chicago, Illinois. He received a B.A. from Loyola University in 1964. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1964 to 1967. His first book, A Rumor of War (1977), recounts his military tour of Vietnam. He has written more than fifteen books including Horn show more of Africa, Indian Country, Equation for Evil, Crossers, and The Longest Road. His journalism career began in 1968, when he joined the staff of the Chicago Tribune, serving as a general assignment and team investigative reporter until 1972 and then as a foreign correspondent for the next five years. In 1972 he and Hugh Jones received a Pulitzer Prize for their coverage of election fraud in the primaries. He has also written for the New York Times, Washington Post, the Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, and many other publications. He has worked as a screenwriter for Paramount Pictures and Michael Douglas Productions. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Philip Caputo
The Longest Road: Overland in Search of America, from Key West to the Arctic Ocean (2013) 214 copies, 23 reviews
Associated Works
For the Love of Books: 115 Celebrated Writers on the Books They Love Most (1999) — Contributor — 458 copies, 3 reviews
Reporting Vietnam: American Journalism 1969-1975, Volume 2 (1998) — Contributor — 274 copies, 2 reviews
Adrenaline 2000: The Year's Best Stories of Adventure and Survival 2000 (2000) — Contributor — 49 copies
The Other Side of Heaven: Post-War Fiction by Vietnamese and American Writers (1995) — Contributor — 40 copies
Writing War: The Best Contemporary Journalism About Warfare and Conflict from Around the World (2003) — Contributor — 15 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Caputo, Philip
- Birthdate
- 1941-06-10
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Westchester, Illinois, USA
- Places of residence
- Westchester, Illinois, USA (birth)
Key West, Florida, USA
Norwalk, Connecticut, USA
Patagonia, Arizona, USA - Education
- Loyola University (BA|1964)
- Occupations
- journalist
Writer
novelist - Organizations
- Chicago Tribune
United States Marine Corps (lieutenant)
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Reviews
Caputo knows Vietnam, he knows the war.
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Statistics
- Works
- 20
- Also by
- 8
- Members
- 4,503
- Popularity
- #5,566
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 114
- ISBNs
- 148
- Languages
- 8
- Favorited
- 6
Landing in Danang withe Marine in 1965, Caputo tells of us of his thrill of being part of his "splendid little war." By the end of his tour he has been leading a platoon 2 different time, in between being a staff officer and at the end of his term again being a staff officer. He and his men had been accused and tried for the murder of two South Vietnamese, a murder which he men were later acquitted for and he having the most serious charges dropped. He blamed both himself and the war this "atrocity.", not shirking from responsibility but trying to place a greater understanding of being in the field for an extended time in Vietnam.
An excellent book of one man's perspective of his service in Vietnam from the highs to the lows with a brief epilogue of his post military life.
A must read.… (more)