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Robert Kurson

Disciplines:
journalism
writing
narrative nonfiction
fiction/adventure

Summary

American journalist and author — author of Shadow Divers, Crashing Through, and Pirate Hunters — who writes obsessive-quest narrative nonfiction.

Core Contribution

Creates the obsessive amateur quest narrative — Kurson's method (finding amateurs obsessively pursuing extraordinary historical discoveries at great personal risk) produced Shadow Divers, the model for the amateur discovery genre.

Notable Works & Achievements

Shadow Divers

Crashing Through

Pirate Hunters

Rocket Men

Historical Influences

New journalism tradition Adventure narrative

Intellectual Lineage

Chicago University of Wisconsin Harvard Law Esquire Shadow Divers

Contemporaries & Peers

David Grann Sebastian Junger

Minds Influenced

Narrative nonfiction adventure

Intellectual Posterity

Shadow Divers Crashing Through Pirate Hunters

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