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Alan Moorehead (1910–1983)

Author of The White Nile

Includes the names: A Moorehead, Alan Morehead, ALAN MOREHEAD, Alan Moorhead, Alan Moorehead, Alan Moorehead, Alan Moore Head, Alan McCrae Moorehead, Alan; Alan Moorhead Moorehead

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Works by Alan Moorehead

The White Nile 969 copies, 13 reviews
The Blue Nile 710 copies, 11 reviews
Darwin and the Beagle 450 copies, 9 reviews
Gallipoli 442 copies, 3 reviews
The Fatal Impact 364 copies, 2 reviews
The Russian Revolution 318 copies, 3 reviews
Cooper's Creek 261 copies, 3 reviews
The African Trilogy 220 copies, 3 reviews
No Room in the Ark 142 copies, 4 reviews
A Late Education 79 copies, 4 reviews
Eclipse 78 copies, 2 reviews
Montgomery 48 copies, 1 review
The Nile: The Blue Nile & The White Nile 40 copies
The Villa Diana 21 copies

The Traitors 20 copies

Mediterranean Front: The Year of Wavell, 1940-41 19 copies, 1 review

Churchill 18 copies

The End in Africa: The Year of Eisenhower, Alexander, and Montgomery,… 17 copies

Rum Jungle 15 copies

A Year of Battle: The Year of Auchinleck, 1941-42 12 copies, 1 review

Winston Churchill in trial and triumph 6 copies

A Summer Night 3 copies

The Story of the Blue Nile: An Abridgment by Lucy Moorehead of the Blue… 2 copies

The rage of the vulture 2 copies

The Range of the Vulture 1 copy

Churchill and his world : a pictorial biography 1 copy

Boomerang og uranium 1 copy

Mennyt paratiisi : Eurooppalaisten tulo Etelämerelle 1767-1840 1 copy

Klaus Fuchs 1 copy

The Atom Spy Who Had to Confess 1 copy

The White Nile & No Room in the Ark 1 copy

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Also by Alan Moorehead

Out of Africa (Introduction, some editions) 4,020 copies, 76 reviews
Reader's Digest Great Biographies 03 21 copies
Family Treasury of Great Biographies Volume 09 15 copies
The day of the Jackal, Earthquake, Summer of the red wolf, Darwin and the… 3 copies
Best-In-Books: Star in the Rigging / Born a Yankee / Beyond Endurance / A… (Contributor) 3 copies

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Canonical name

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Moorehead, Alan McCrae

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Date of birth

Date of death

Burial location

Hampstead Cemetery, London, England, UK

Gender

Nationality

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Birthplace

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Place of death

London, England, UK

Places of residence

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Education

University of Melbourne (BA)

Scotch College, Melbourne

Occupations

foreign correspondent, London Daily Express (1936-39)

war correspondent (WWII)

Relationships

Moorehead, Lucy (wife - nee Milner)

Organizations

World League for Conservation (patron)

Awards and honors

Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Fellow, Royal Society of Literature

Agents

Short biography

Disambiguation notice

Links

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography author page

Australian Dictionary of Biography author page

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