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Bill Lascher

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What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Bill Lascher Easily the ability to continue to learn about and explore as many new subjects as I'm willing to approach. It's like constantly being in school, and b…moreEasily the ability to continue to learn about and explore as many new subjects as I'm willing to approach. It's like constantly being in school, and by school I mean the best parts of school, the opportunity to satisfy my curiosity about topics I'm writing about or subjects related to my writing.(less)

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Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Bill Lascher When I was in my mid-twenties just starting my career as a professional journalist my grandmother was in the middle of a big move. As she cleared out …moreWhen I was in my mid-twenties just starting my career as a professional journalist my grandmother was in the middle of a big move. As she cleared out years worth of her belongings, she found a closet full of material she'd nearly forgotten about. In the rush of memories that came to her, she thought about me and my passion for journalism. The next time I saw her she gave me a gift, a heavy, weather-beaten brown box with two metal latches. When I opened it, I discovered a portable typewriter, a 1930 Corona. My grandmother told me it used to belong to her cousin, the war correspondent, and she wanted me to have it. I was floored because I either didn't know she'd had a war correspondent cousin, or I'd forgotten. This cousin was Melville Jacoby, the subject of my book, Eve of a Hundred Midnights, and it was through talking about him with my grandmother over the ensuing years that I realized I needed to share his story with the rest of the world.(less)

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Average rating: 3.85 · 825 ratings · 166 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	Eve of a Hundred Midnights: The Star-Crossed Love Story of Two WWII Correspondents and their Epic Escape Across the Pacific 3.85 avg rating — 799 ratings — published 2016 — 12 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 Golden Fortress: California's Border War on Dust Bowl Refugees 3.71 avg rating — 24 ratings — 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
	A Danger Shared: A Journalist's Glimpses of a Continent at War by Bill Lascher (Goodreads Author), Melville Jacoby (photographer), Paul French (Foreword) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	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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Bill made a comment on Laura Edwards’s review of Eve of a Hundred Midnights " That makes two of us who'd love to see this turned into a movie! I'm game if Hollywood is. ...more "
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