Edwin Palmer Hoyt Jr. (August 5, 1923 – July 29, 2005) was an American writer and historian who specialized in military history. Until 1958, Hoyt worked in news media, after which he produced non-fiction works.
He was born in Portland, Oregon to the publisher Edwin Palmer Hoyt (1897–1979)[1] and his wife, the former Cecile DeVore (1901–1970).[2] A younger brother, Charles Richard, was born in 1928. Hoyt attended the University of Oregon from 1940 to 1943.
Edwin Hoyt subsequently worked as an ABC broadcaster, covering the 1948 revolution in Czechoslovakia and the Arab-Israeli conflict. From 1949 to 1951, he was the editor of the editorial page at The Denver Post. He was the editor and publisher of the Colorado Springs Free Press from 1951 to 1955, and an associate editor of Collier's Weekly in New York from 1955 to 1956. In 1957 he was a television producer and writer-director at CBS, and in 1958 he was an assistant publisher of American Heritage magazine in New York.
Starting in 1958, Hoyt became a full-time writer, and for a few years (1976 to 1980) he served as a part-time lecturer at the University of Hawaii. In the 40 years since his first publication in 1960, he produced nearly 200 published works. While Hoyt wrote about 20 novels (many published under the pseudonyms Christopher Martin and Cabot L. Forbes), the vast majority of his works are biographies and other forms of non-fiction, with a heavy emphasis on World War II military history.
Hoyt died in Tokyo, Japan on July 29, 2005, after a prolonged illness. He was survived by his wife Hiroko, of Tokyo, and three children, Diana, Helga, and Christopher, all residing in the U.S.
Selected worksedit
Jumbos and Jackasses: A Popular History of Political Wars. New York: Doubleday (1960) OCLC 1313217
"Edwin P(almer) Hoyt, Jr." in Contemporary Authors Online (2009). Gale Publishing. Retrieved October 4, 2009.
May 02, 2024
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Edwin Palmer Hoyt Jr August 5 1923 July 29 2005 was an American writer and historian who specialized in military history Until 1958 Hoyt worked in news media after which he produced non fiction works Edwin Palmer Hoyt Jr Born 1928 08 03 August 3 1928Portland Oregon U S DiedJuly 29 2005 2005 07 29 aged 76 Tokyo JapanOccupationHistorianNationalityAmericanSubjectMilitary history Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Selected works 4 ReferencesEarly life editHe was born in Portland Oregon to the publisher Edwin Palmer Hoyt 1897 1979 1 and his wife the former Cecile DeVore 1901 1970 2 A younger brother Charles Richard was born in 1928 Hoyt attended the University of Oregon from 1940 to 1943 Career editIn 1943 Hoyt s father then the editor and publisher of The Oregonian was appointed by President Franklin Roosevelt as the director of the Domestic Branch Office of War Information 3 The younger Hoyt served with the Office of War Information during World War II from 1943 to 1945 In 1945 and 1946 he served as a foreign correspondent for The Denver Post of which his father became editor and publisher in 1946 3 and the United Press reporting from locations in China Thailand Burma India the Middle East Europe North Africa and Korea Edwin Hoyt subsequently worked as an ABC broadcaster covering the 1948 revolution in Czechoslovakia and the Arab Israeli conflict From 1949 to 1951 he was the editor of the editorial page at The Denver Post He was the editor and publisher of the Colorado Springs Free Press from 1951 to 1955 and an associate editor of Collier s Weekly in New York from 1955 to 1956 In 1957 he was a television producer and writer director at CBS and in 1958 he was an assistant publisher of American Heritage magazine in New York Starting in 1958 Hoyt became a full time writer and for a few years 1976 to 1980 he served as a part time lecturer at the University of Hawaii In the 40 years since his first publication in 1960 he produced nearly 200 published works While Hoyt wrote about 20 novels many published under the pseudonyms Christopher Martin and Cabot L Forbes the vast majority of his works are biographies and other forms of non fiction with a heavy emphasis on World War II military history Hoyt died in Tokyo Japan on July 29 2005 after a prolonged illness He was survived by his wife Hiroko of Tokyo and three children Diana Helga and Christopher all residing in the U S Selected works editJumbos and Jackasses A Popular History of Political Wars New York Doubleday 1960 OCLC 1313217 One Penny Black The Story of Stamp Collecting Duell Sloan amp Pearce 1965 The House of Morgan Dodd Mead amp Company Library of Congress Catalog Card No 66 24266 1966 OCLC 740453 The Last Cruise of the Emden The Amazing True WWI Story of a German Light Cruiser and Her Courageous Crew London Andre Deutsch 1967 OCLC 1394730 2001 Lyons Press ISBN 1585743828 The Army Without A Country Macmillan New York 1967 OCLC 843778 The American Attitude The Story of the Making of Foreign Policy in the United States Abelard 1970 ISBN 0200716948 OCLC 128452 Leyte Gulf The Death of the Princeton Lancer Books 1972 OCLC 329290 Raider Wolf The Voyage of Captain Nerger 1916 1918 NY Paul S Eriksson Inc 1974 ISBN 0839770677 OCLC 1128815 Blue Skies and Blood The Battle of the Coral Sea VT Eriksson 1975 ISBN 0839710216 OCLC 1573089 Alan Watts The Rise and Decline of the Ordained Shaman of the Counterculture under pseudonym David Stuart Chilton Book Co PA 1976 U Boats Offshore When Hitler Struck America NY Stein amp Day 1978 ISBN 0812825055 OCLC 3845550 McCampbell s Heroes The Navy s Most Celebrated Carrier Fighters of the Pacific War reprint NY Avon Storm over the Gilberts War in the Central Pacific 1943 NY Van Nostrand Reinhold 1978 reprint NY Avon 1983 ISBN 0 380 63651 4 To the Marianas War in the Central Pacific 1944 reprint NY Avon Closing the Circle War in the Central Pacific 1945 reprint NY Avon USS Constitution The Exciting Story of Old Ironsides Pinnacle Books INC NY 1976 ISBN 0 523 00866 X The Men of the Gambier Bay VT Paul S Eriksson Inc 1979 ISBN 0839757905 Guerilla Colonel von Lettow Vorbeck and Germany s East African Empire Macmillan 1981 The Pusan Perimeter NY Stein and Day 1984 ISBN 0812829603 OCLC 10483199 On To The Yalu NY Stein and Day 1984 ISBN 0 8128 2977 8 The Militarists The Rise of Japanese Militarism Since WW II New York D I Fine 1985 ISBN 0917657179 Japan s War The Great Pacific Conflict 1853 to 1952 NY McGraw 1986 ISBN 0070306125 OCLC 12722494 Hitler s War 1988 ISBN 0 07 030622 2 The GI s War The Story of American Soldiers in Europe in WW II McGraw Hill May 1988 ISBN 0070306273 OCLC 17107693 The Rise of the Chinese Republic McGraw Hill 1989 ISBN 0 07 030619 2 Hirohito The Emperor and the Man NY Praeger 1992 ISBN 978 0 275 94069 0 OCLC 23766658 199 Days The Battle for Stalingrad Tor Books 1993 ISBN 978 0 312 85463 8 Angels of Death Goering s Luftwaffe NY Forge 1994 ISBN 0312856687 Mussolini s Empire The Rise and Fall of the Fascist Vision NY John Wiley amp Sons 1994 ISBN 0471591513 Inferno The Firebombing of Japan March 9 August 15 1945 Madison Books 2000 ISBN 978 1 56833 149 2 The Last Kamikaze The Story of Admiral Matome Ugaki NY Praeger 2008 ISBN 978 0 313 36065 7References edit Ennis Thomas W 27 June 1979 Palmer Hoyt 82 Dies in Denver Ex Editor and Publisher of Post The New York Times The Denver Public Library EAD ProjectINTRODUCTION eadsrv denverlibrary org Archived from the original on 2018 11 08 Retrieved 2009 10 04 a b Edwin Palmer Hoyt Papers Archived 2018 11 08 at the Wayback Machine Biographical Note Western History Collection The Denver Public Library Retrieved October 4 2009 Edwin P almer Hoyt Jr in Contemporary Authors Online 2009 Gale Publishing Retrieved October 4 2009 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Edwin Palmer Hoyt amp oldid 1217147765, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
