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Jack Bass

Born

in Columbia, South Carolina, The United States

June 24, 1934

Died

April 23, 2026

Genre

Nonfiction, Biography

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Jack Bass was an American author and journalist.

Bass was the youngest of seven children. He graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1956 with a degree in journalism.

He served in the U.S. Navy, attending officer's candidate school in Newport, Rhode Island. He served for three years at Naval Air Station North Island in Coronado, California, as well as in the Philippines.

When Bass resigned from the Navy, he and his family moved to Charleston, South Carolina, where he began his work as a professional journalist. He worked at The News and Courier (Charleston), a co-owned weekly paper, The West Ashley Journal, and The State (Columbia). He received a Nieman Fellowship from Harvard University for 1965–66.

From 1966 to 1973 Bass worked as ...more

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	Unlikely Heroes: The Southern Judges Who Made Brown Work 4.23 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1981 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Strom: The Complicated Personal and Political Life of Strom Thurmond by Jack Bass, Marilyn W Thompson 3.85 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2005 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Orangeburg Massacre by Jack Bass, Jack Nelson 4.38 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1984 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ol' Strom: An Unauthorized Biography of Strom Thurmond by Jack Bass, Marilyn W. Thompson 4.35 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2001 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Palmetto State: The Making of Modern South Carolina by Jack Bass, W. Scott Poole 3.62 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Taming the Storm: The Life and Times of Judge Frank M. Johnson and the South's Fight over Civil Rights 4.24 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1992 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Transformation of Southern Politics: Social Change and Political Consequence Since 1945 by Jack Bass, Walter De Vries 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1976 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Porgy Comes Home: South Carolina After 300 Years 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1970 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The American South Comes of Age 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1986	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Make Real Money In Real Estate 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1981	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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