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Donald R. Morris


Born
in New York City, The United States
November 11, 1924

Died
December 04, 2002

Genre
History, Fiction


Born 11 November, 1924, to S. Fred and Vera D. Morris of New York City. Graduated Horace Mann School for Boys, 1942 and US Naval Academy, 1948. Active naval service from 1942 until 1956; retired as Lieutenant Commander. CIA field officer in Soviet counterespionage from 1956 until 1972 in Berlin, Paris, Kinshasa and Vietnam. Houston resident since 1972; Houston Post foreign affairs columnist from 1972 until 1989, publisher of Donald R. Morris Newsletter from 1989.

Novelist (China Station, Warm Bodies.) and historian (The Washing of the Spears). In addition to two novels, he wrote columns and articles for the Houston Post, Atlantic Monthly, American Heritage, Proceedings, and the Encyclopedia Britannica, among others. Passed away due to compl ...more

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Average rating: 4.23 · 1,064 ratings · 106 reviews · 8 distinct works • Similar authors
The Washing of the Spears
4.24 avg rating — 1,031 ratings — published 1965 — 55 editions
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Warm Bodies
3.96 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1957 — 3 editions
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3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1957
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China Station
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There Will Be an Awful Row ...
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Warm Bodies - A Wacky Novel...
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All Hands on Deck
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A Girl in Every Port
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