Douglas Brinkley (born December 14, 1960) is a prolific author and a professor of history at Tulane University, where he also serves as director of the Theodore Roosevelt Center for American Civilization. He is slated to join Rice University and the James Baker Institute on July 1, 2007. Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tulane University is a highly selective, private, nonsectarian, coeducational research university located in New Orleans, Louisiana. ... Lovett Hall William Marsh Rice University, commonly called Rice University and opened in 1912 as The William Marsh Rice Institute for the Advancement of Letters, Science and Art, is a private, comprehensive research university located in Houston, Texas, USA, near the Museum District and adjacent to the Texas Medical Center. ... The James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, often shortened to Baker Institute, is a public policy think tank on the campus of Rice University in Houston, Texas. ...

The late historian, Stephen E. Ambrose, once called Brinkley "the best of the new generation of American historians."[1] Stephen Ambrose, at the 2001 premier of Band of Brothers Stephen Edward Ambrose (January 10, 1936 - October 13, 2002) was a popular historian and biographer of Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon. ...

During the early 1990s, Brinkley taught American Arts and Politics out of Hofstra University aboard the Majic Bus, a roving, transcontinental classroom, from which emerged the book, The Majic Bus: an American Odyssey, published in 1993. In 1993, he left Hofstra University to teach at the University of New Orleans and taught this class again, using a natural-gas bus. He also worked with Stephen Ambrose, then Director of the Eisenhower Center at the University of New Orleans. Upon Stephen Ambrose's death, Brinkley became Director of the Eisenhower Center for a short period, before going to Tulane. Hofstra University is a private institution of higher learning located in Hempstead, Long Island, New York (USA) founded in 1935 on the basis of the estate of wealthy lumber magnate William Hofstra and widow Kate Davidson. ... The University of New Orleans, often locally called UNO, is a medium sized public urban university located in New Orleans, Louisiana. ... The Eisenhower Presidential Center includes the Eisenhower presidential library, President Dwight David Eisenhowers boyhood home, Museum, and gravesite. ...

Brinkley is the literary executor for his friend Hunter S. Thompson. He is also the editor of a three-volume collection of letters written by journalist-author Hunter S. Thompson: Hunter Stockton Thompson (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) was an American journalist and author. ... Hunter Stockton Thompson (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) was an American journalist and author. ...

• Volume 1: The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967. Published April 7, 1998.
• Volume 2: Fear And Loathing In America: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist. Published December 13, 2000.
• Volume 3: The Mutineer: Rants, Ravings, and Missives from the Mountaintop, 1977-2005. Schedule delayed until February, 2008.

As well, Brinkley is the authorized biographer for Beat author Jack Kerouac and is editing Kerouac's diaries for publication. Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jack Kerouac (pronounced ) (March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969) was an American novelist, writer, poet, and artist. ...

In January 2004 Brinkley released Tour of Duty: John Kerry and the Vietnam War, about U.S. Senator John Kerry's military service and anti-war activism during the Vietnam War. shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ... John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is the junior United States Senator from Massachusetts, in his fourth term of office. ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000...

In January 2006, Brinkley and fellow historian, Julie M. Fenster, released Parish Priest, a biography of Fr. Michael J. McGivney, the founder of the Knights of Columbus. For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Parish Priest may refer to A parishs assigned clergyman A biography of Fr. ... Categories: Stub | 1852 births | 1890 deaths | Roman Catholic priests ... Knights of Columbus emblem The Order of the Knights of Columbus is the worlds largest Catholic fraternal service organization. ...

In May 2006, Brinkley released The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast, a record of the effects of Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast. The book won the 2007 Robert F. Kennedy Book Award. He also appeared in Spike Lee's documentary about Hurricane Katrina, When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts. For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... The Great Deluge is a 2006 book (or instant history) by Professor Douglas Brinkley of Tulane University about the great 2005 flood that destryoed a major American city -- New Orleans. ... Lowest pressure 902 mbar (hPa; 26. ... The Gulf of Mexico is a major body of water bordered and nearly landlocked by North America. ...

Brinkley was once criticized as something of a media gadfly bySlate Magazine when they scrutinized his prolific and well-compensated presence in a range of media immediately following the death of his acquaintance John F. Kennedy, Jr., in the summer of 1999.[2]

Brinkley lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife and three children.

External link

• Douglas Brinkley Author Page on HarperCollins Website