Philip L. Fradkin
Encyclopedia
Philip L. Fradkin is an American
environmentalist
historian, journalist and author. Fradkin has authored books ranging from Alaska
, California
and Nevada
, with topics ranging from water conservation
, earthquakes, and nuclear weapons.
Fradkin attended Montclair Kimberley Academy
, graduating in the class of 1953.
Fradkin shared a Pulitzer Prize
awarded to the metropolitan staff of the Los Angeles Times
for coverage of the Watts riots
in 1965. In 2005, Fradkin was given the Californiana Award by the Commonwealth Club of California
.
He has commented on controversial issues such as plagiarism
allegations towards Wallace Stegner
's Pulitzer Prize
winning novel, Angle of Repose
, based on the letters of the American Old West
author Mary Hallock Foote
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
environmentalist
Environmentalist
An environmentalist broadly supports the goals of the environmental movement, "a political and ethical movement that seeks to improve and protect the quality of the natural environment through changes to environmentally harmful human activities"...
historian, journalist and author. Fradkin has authored books ranging from Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
and Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
, with topics ranging from water conservation
Water conservation
Water conservation refers to reducing the usage of water and recycling of waste water for different purposes such as cleaning, manufacturing, and agricultural irrigation.- Water conservation :Water conservation can be defined as:...
, earthquakes, and nuclear weapons.
Fradkin attended Montclair Kimberley Academy
Montclair Kimberley Academy
Montclair Kimberley Academy, abbreviated "MKA", is a private coeducational day school located in Montclair, New Jersey, serving students from Pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade. Thomas W. Nammack became the school's fourth Headmaster in July 2005...
, graduating in the class of 1953.
Fradkin shared a Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
awarded to the metropolitan staff of the Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
for coverage of the Watts riots
Watts Riots
The Watts Riots or the Watts Rebellion was a civil disturbance in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, California from August 11 to August 15, 1965. The 5-day riot resulted in 34 deaths, 1,032 injuries, and 3,438 arrests...
in 1965. In 2005, Fradkin was given the Californiana Award by the Commonwealth Club of California
Commonwealth Club of California
The Commonwealth Club of California is a non-profit, non-partisan educational organization based in Northern California. Founded in 1903, it is the oldest and largest public affairs forum in the United States...
.
He has commented on controversial issues such as plagiarism
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is defined in dictionaries as the "wrongful appropriation," "close imitation," or "purloining and publication" of another author's "language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions," and the representation of them as one's own original work, but the notion remains problematic with nebulous...
allegations towards Wallace Stegner
Wallace Stegner
Wallace Earle Stegner was an American historian, novelist, short story writer, and environmentalist, often called "The Dean of Western Writers"...
's Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction has been awarded for distinguished fiction by an American author, preferably dealing with American life. It originated as the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel, which was awarded between 1918 and 1947.-1910s:...
winning novel, Angle of Repose
Angle of Repose (novel)
Angle of Repose is a 1972 Pulitzer Prize–winning novel by Wallace Stegner about a wheelchair-using historian, Lyman Ward, who has lost connection with his son and living family and decides to write about his frontier-era grandparents. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1972...
, based on the letters of the American Old West
American Old West
The American Old West, or the Wild West, comprises the history, geography, people, lore, and cultural expression of life in the Western United States, most often referring to the latter half of the 19th century, between the American Civil War and the end of the century...
author Mary Hallock Foote
Mary Hallock Foote
Mary Hallock Foote was an American author and illustrator. She is best known for her illustrated short stories and novels portraying life in the mining communities of the turn-of-the-century American West.-Overview:...
.
Selected works
- California : the golden coast (1974) ISBN 0670199699
- A river no more : the Colorado River and the West (1981) ISBN 0394415795
- Fallout: An American Nuclear TragedyFallout: An American Nuclear TragedyFallout: An American Nuclear Tragedy is a 1989 book by Philip L. Fradkin which was republished in a second edition in 2004. The book is about the radiation exposure of people and their livestock living downwind from the nuclear weapons testing at the Nevada Test Site in the 1950s. The case of...
(1989) ISBN 0816510865 - Sagebrush country : land and the American West (1989) ISBN 0394529359
- Wanderings of an environmental journalist in Alaska and the American West (1993) ISBN 0826314163
- The seven states of California : a natural and human history (1995) ISBN 0805019472
- Magnitude 8 : earthquakes and life along the San Andreas Fault (1998) ISBN 0805046968
- Wildest Alaska : journeys of great peril in Lituya Bay (2001) ISBN 0520224671
- Stagecoach : Wells Fargo and the American West (2002) ISBN 0743213602
- The great earthquake and firestorms of 1906 : how San Francisco nearly destroyed itself (2005) ISBN 0520230604
- After the ruins, 1906 and 2006 : rephotographing the San Francisco earthquake and fire (2006) ISBN 0520244346
- Wallace Stegner and the American West (2008) ISBN 9781400043910