Jim Wooten

Autor(a) de We Are All the Same: A Story of a Boy's Courage and a Mother's Love

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Includes the name: James T. Wooten

Obras de Jim Wooten

Dasher : the roots and the rising of Jimmy Carter (1978) 50 cópias

Choose Me: Portraits of a Presidential Race (1989) 13 cópias

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Nome padrão: Wooten, Jim
Nome de batismo: Wooten, James T.
Data de nascimento: 20th Century
Sexo: male
Nacionalidade: USA
Locais de residência: London, England, UK
Ocupação: Journalist
Pequena biografia: Jim Wooten is an American journalist. Since joining ABCNEWS in the summer of 1979, Jim Wooten has held a number of roles and filed stories from 40 countries and five continents. He is presently the network’s Senior Correspondent and from his base in London contributes to “World News Tonight with Peter Jennings”, “Nightline”, “Good Morning America” and other ABCNEWS broadcasts.
In 1994, Wooten’s reports from Rwanda and Zaire won the Overseas Press Club Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Award and the Joe Alex Morris Award from Harvard University for distinguished foreign reporting. He has won numerous awards for his work, including the Ernie Pyle Memorial Medal and the Blue Pencil Award for Journalistic Excellence from Columbia University.
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Dasher: The roots and the rising of Jimmy Carter de James Wooten

Biography of Jimmy Carter by White House correspondent of The New York Times, who followed his subject from early his early career to the presidency.

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PendleHillLibrary | Apr 1, 2024 |

We Are All the Same: A Story of a Boy's Courage and… de Jim Wooten

Those with an excellent memory for the waning years of the last millennium may recall the sad story of Nkosi Johnson, the black South African lad who was born with AIDS, raised by a white mother and gained international fame when he spoke at an AIDS conference.

The author covers Nkosi's life, and particularly through the woman that raised him. If there is a just and benevolent God, this lady (sorry, I don't have the book in front of me) will hold a special place in heaven. "We are all the same" covers the conflicts of early 1990s South Africa as the nation's white people wrestle with their history and as Nelson Mandela and the ANC took their first steps in power. But it is Johnson to whom we are drawn.… (mais)

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MiaCulpa | Feb 28, 2016 |

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