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  1. Alan McCrae Moorehead, AO, OBE (22 July 1910 – 29 September 1983) was a war correspondent and author of popular histories, most notably two books on the nineteenth-century exploration of the Nile, The White Nile (1960) and The Blue Nile (1962). Australian-born, he lived in England, and Italy, from 1937.

  2. Oct 1, 1983 · Alan Moorehead, a distinguished World War II correspondent for The Daily Express of London, whose dispatches appeared from the Western Desert of Africa to the beaches of Normandy, and who later...

  3. Apr 5, 2016 · A new biography by Thornton McCamish explores the life and language of Alan Moorehead, a renowned Australian journalist who covered World War II and wrote historical novels. Learn about his achievements, challenges and legacy in this review.

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  5. July 22, 1910. Died. September 29, 1983. Genre. History, Biographies & Memoirs, Travel. edit data. Alan Moorehead was lionised as the literary man of action: the most celebrated war correspondent of World War II; author of award winning books; star travel writer of The New Yorker; pioneer publicist of wildlife conservation.

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  6. Alan Moorehead was a renowned war correspondent, historian and author of Gallipoli, The African Trilogy and The White Nile. He was inducted into the Australian Media Hall of Fame in 2015 for his cultural significance and influence on Australian literature and history.

  7. Alan McCrae Moorehead (1910–1983), journalist, war correspondent and historian, was born on 22 July 1910 at Canterbury, Melbourne, youngest of three children of Victorian-born parents Richard James Moorehead, journalist, and his wife Louisa, née Edgerton.

  8. Mar 12, 2016 · Mar 19, 2016 – 12.15am. Melbourne-born Alan Moorehead escaped his hometown and headed to Europe in 1936 to become a legendary war correspondent and the author of countless bestsellers including...

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