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(1912-2009) Author. William J. Lederer was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Baltimore, Maryland. He was a co-author of “The Ugly American.”

Full Name

William J Lederer

Locations

Westchester

Author's Timeline


Unknown

RESIDENCE

As a child, Mr. Lederer lived with his family in Ossining, New York.

1912

BIRTH

William Julius Lederer Jr. was born in Manhattan, New York, on March 31, 1912.

1936

OTHER

Mr. Lederer graduated from the United States Naval Academy at West Point, New York, in 1936.

1950

LITWORK

All The Ship's at Sea
William Sloane Associates

Fiction.

1950

LITWORK

The Last Cruise : The Story of the Men of the Submarine U.S.S. Cochino
William Sloane

Nonfiction.

1957

LITWORK

Ensign O'Toole and Me
Norton

Semi-autobiographical novel.

1958

LITWORK

The Ugly American
W. W. Norton
0393084612 / 978-0393084610
Novel co-written with Eugene Burdick.

1961

LITWORK

A Nation of Sheep
London: Cassell

Nonfiction.

1965

LITWORK

Sarkhan
McGraw-Hill

Novel co-written with Eugene Burdick.

1968

LITWORK

Our Own Worst Enemy
W. W. Norton and Company

Nonfiction.

1981

LITWORK

A Happy Book of Happy Stories
W. W. Norton & Company

Stories.

1983

LITWORK

The New, Complete Book of Cross Country Skiing
W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
0393301524 / 978-0393301526
Nonfiction co-written with Joe Pete Wilson.

1984

LITWORK

I, Giorghos
Norton and Company
0393017885 / 978-0393017885
Novel.

2009

DEATH

William J. Lederer died in Baltimore, Maryland, on December 5, 2009.

2009

INTERMENT

William J. Lederer was interred at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia.

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