Novelist best known for "The Sunshine Soldiers" which recounted his experience in the United States Army Basic Training at Ft. BLiss, Texas in the late 1960's. Followed up with the novel "The Last Best Hope" in 1977 which enjoyed good reviews, but not the commerical success of his debut book.
Peter Tauber was born in the Bronx and graduated from Hobart College in 1968. He was a reporter for "The Geneva Times" in upstate New York and "The New York Times", to which he later contributed magazine profiles of Muhammad Ali and Gary Hart, among others, in the 1980's.
Mr. Tauber was also one of the first writers for "Saturday Night Live" on NBC television when it premiered in 1975.
Mr. Tauber died from a heart attack in 2004. Novelist best known for "The Sunshine Soldiers" which recounted his experience in the United States Army Basic Training at Ft. BLiss, Texas in the late 1960's. Followed up with the novel "The Last Best Hope" in 1977 which enjoyed good reviews, but not the commerical success of his debut book.
Peter Tauber was born in the Bronx and graduated from Hobart College in 1968. He was a reporter for "The Geneva Times" in upstate New York and "The New York Times", to which he later contributed magazine profiles of Muhammad Ali and Gary Hart, among others, in the 1980's.
Mr. Tauber was also one of the first writers for "Saturday Night Live" on NBC television when it premiered in 1975.
Mr. Tauber died from a heart attack in 2004. ...more
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