Atlanta

by Milt Machlin

ATLANTA IS THE STORY OF A MAN DESTINED FOR THE ULTIMATE POLITICAL PRIZE...OF A WOMAN WHO SECRETLY SHARED HIS RELENTLESS CLIMB WHILE BLAZING A TURBULENT DESTINY OF HER OWN...OF A CITY-AS DAZZLING AND CORRUPT AS THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO BUILT IT.

544 pages, Paperback

First published April 28, 1986

About the author

Milt Machlin was an American journalist, author and adventurer. He is best known for coining the phrases "Bermuda Triangle" and "Abominable Snowman," as well as his expedition to find scion Michael Rockefeller, who disappeared in New Guinea in 1961. He served in the Pacific theater during World War II. He graduated from Brown University and attended the Sorbonne, studying in the Coeur de Civilization. He was the editor of Argosy magazine and the author of numerous books, fiction and nonfiction, including Ninth Life, Libby, The Search For Michael Rockefeller, Joshua's Altar; The Dig at Mount Ebal, Atlanta, Pipeline, The Worldshakers, Strangers in the Land, Gossip Wars, and The Family Man, also with Robin Moore. He received an Edgar Allen Poe Special Award from the Mystery Writers of America for The Set Up. Machlin was a native of New York City; he died April 3, 2004