Tracy Kidder
Author of Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
About the Author
Tracy Kidder was educated at the University of Iowa and Harvard University. He served in the US Army in Vietnam. Kidder has garnered numerous literary awards including the Pulitzer Prize in General Non-Fiction and the National Book Award for General Nonfiction both in 1982. He has also been honored show more with the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, 1990 and the Christopher Award, 1990. His publications include numerous nonfiction articles and short fiction for The Atlantic and other periodicals. Non-Fiction books include The Road to Yuba City, Doubleday, 1974; The Soul of a New Machine, Atlantic Monthly-Little Brown, 1981 for which he won a Pulitzer and a National Book Award; House, Houghton Mifflin, 1985; Old Friends, Houghton Mifflin, 1993; Home Town, Random House, 1999; Mountains Beyond Mountains, Random House, 2003; My Detachment, Random House, 2005; Strength in What Remains, Random House, 2009. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Tracy Kidder
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World (2003) 4,904 copies
Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O'Connell's urgent mission to bring healing to homeless people (2023) 213 copies
Swan 1 copy
Associated Works
For the Love of Books: 115 Celebrated Writers on the Books They Love Most (1999) — Contributor — 451 copies
The Book That Changed My Life: 71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter Most to Them (2006) — Contributor — 387 copies
American Soldier: Stories of Special Forces from Iraq to Afghanistan (Adrenaline) (2002) — Contributor — 19 copies
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- Legal name
- Kidder, John Tracy
- Birthdate
- 1945-11-12
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- New York, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- Massachusetts, USA
Maine, USA - Education
- Harvard University
University of Iowa
Phillips Academy - Occupations
- soldier
journalist
non-fiction writer - Organizations
- United States Army
The Atlantic Monthly
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Statistics
- Works
- 15
- Also by
- 9
- Members
- 13,559
- Popularity
- #1,708
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
- 413
- ISBNs
- 163
- Languages
- 9
- Favorited
- 30