Harry Hurt III (born November 13, 1951)[1] is an American author and journalist. He was formerly senior editor of the Texas Monthly and a Newsweek correspondent, and his articles have appeared in publications such as The New York Times, Sports Illustrated, Esquire and Playboy. His books include Texas Rich, a biography of oil tycoon H. L. Hunt and family; and Lost Tycoon: The Many Lives of Donald J. Trump (1993), an unauthorized biography of real estate mogul and 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump.
Harry Hunt III | |
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| Born | November 13, 1951 Houston, Texas, U.S. |
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| Alma mater | Choate School Harvard College |
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Alison Becker (m. 1993) |
| Parents | Harry Hurt Jr. Margaret (Birting) Hurt |
Hurt was born in Houston, Texas, the son of Margaret (Birting) Hurt and Harry Hurt Jr., who was president of Hurt Oil Company in Houston.[2][1] He graduated from Choate School in 1969 and Harvard College in 1974, where he wrote for the Harvard Crimson.[1][3] He worked for the Texas Monthly in Austin, serving as senior editor from 1975 to 1986. He later moved to Sag Harbor, New York, and married Alison Becker in 1993.[2][1] He also had an early career in professional golf, which he revisited in the mid-1990s in writing Chasing the Dream: A Mid-life Quest for Fame and Fortune on the Pro Golf Circuit.[4]
Books
edit- Texas Rich: The Hunt Dynasty from the Early Oil Days Through the Silver Crash, W.W. Norton (1981)
- For All Mankind, Atlantic Monthly Press (1988)
- Lost Tycoon: The Many Lives of Donald J. Trump, W.W. Norton (1993)
- Chasing the Dream: A Midlife Quest for Fame and Fortune on the Pro Golf Circuit, Avon Books (1997),
- How to Learn Golf, Pocket Books (2002)
- Hurt Yourself: In Executive Pursuit of Action, Danger, and a Decent Looking Pair of Swim Trunks, St. Martin’s Press (2008)
References
edit- ^ a b c d Rogers, Ken (1994). "Hurt, Harry III". In Olendorf, Donna (ed.). Contemporary Authors. Vol. 143. Gale Research Inc. pp. 201-202. ISBN 0-8103-5554-X.
- ^ a b Brady, Lois Smith (15 August 1993). "VOWS; Alison Becker, Harry Hurt 3d". The New York Times.
- ^ Lippman, Daniel (November 13, 2017). "Birthday of the Day: Harry Hurt III, journalist, private tutor and golf guru". POLITICO.
- ^ Winzelberg, David (July 20, 1997). "After 25 Years, a Once-Promising Golfer Resurrects His Game". The New York Times.
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