Posted 9:21 pm Sunday, February 05, 2012
Book Signing, Reception Set For Author Gregg Jones
Author Gregg Jones will sign copies of his book “Honor in the Dust: Theodore Roosevelt, War in the Philippines, and the Rise and Fall of America’s Imperial Dream” from 2 to 4 p.m. Feb. 19 at Tyler Public Library.
A reception will follow, organizers said.
His book has been praised for bringing to life one of the most pivotal moments in U.S. history.
A native of Missouri, Jones has written in-depth stories on topics such as revolutionary upheaval in Asia, steroid abuse among high school athletes, and oil development in the Amazon rainforest.
A reception will follow, organizers said.
His book has been praised for bringing to life one of the most pivotal moments in U.S. history.
A native of Missouri, Jones has written in-depth stories on topics such as revolutionary upheaval in Asia, steroid abuse among high school athletes, and oil development in the Amazon rainforest.
His honors include Texas Headliner Awards and a Sigma Delta Chi Public Service Award for online journalism, and he has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism.
At 25, Jones left the Atlanta Journal-Constitution to become a freelance foreign correspondent in Asia. His coverage of the communist insurgency in the Philippines culminated his first book, “Red Revolution.”
From Bangkok, Thailand, he covered the region’s economic crisis, China’s rise, and political upheaval.
After the 9/11 attacks, he reported from Pakistan and Afghanistan, documenting the fall of the Taliban, the pursuit of Osama bin Laden and other Al-Qaeda leaders at Tora Bora, and fitful Afghan reconstruction efforts.
In 2002, Jones joined the staff of the Los Angeles Times and covered the political turmoil that culminated with the recall of Governor Gray Davis and the election of Arnold Schwarzenegger. He returned to the Dallas Morning News in 2004 as an investigative reporter and projects writer, a position he held until leaving daily journalism in 2010 to complete Honor in the Dust: Theodore Roosevelt, War in the Philippines and the Rise and Fall of America’s Imperial Dream. The book’s scholarship and storytelling have been praised by bestselling American historians Adam Hochschild, Jonathan Eig and Eric Jay Dolan, among others.
Jones is currently working on his third book, Last Stand at Khe Sanh. It will tell the story of one of America’s finest hours in the Vietnam War: the desperate 77-day defense of an isolated Marine combat base in 1968.
At 25, Jones left the Atlanta Journal-Constitution to become a freelance foreign correspondent in Asia. His coverage of the communist insurgency in the Philippines culminated his first book, “Red Revolution.”
From Bangkok, Thailand, he covered the region’s economic crisis, China’s rise, and political upheaval.
After the 9/11 attacks, he reported from Pakistan and Afghanistan, documenting the fall of the Taliban, the pursuit of Osama bin Laden and other Al-Qaeda leaders at Tora Bora, and fitful Afghan reconstruction efforts.
In 2002, Jones joined the staff of the Los Angeles Times and covered the political turmoil that culminated with the recall of Governor Gray Davis and the election of Arnold Schwarzenegger. He returned to the Dallas Morning News in 2004 as an investigative reporter and projects writer, a position he held until leaving daily journalism in 2010 to complete Honor in the Dust: Theodore Roosevelt, War in the Philippines and the Rise and Fall of America’s Imperial Dream. The book’s scholarship and storytelling have been praised by bestselling American historians Adam Hochschild, Jonathan Eig and Eric Jay Dolan, among others.
Jones is currently working on his third book, Last Stand at Khe Sanh. It will tell the story of one of America’s finest hours in the Vietnam War: the desperate 77-day defense of an isolated Marine combat base in 1968.
