Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "John Patric (May 22, 1902 – August 31, 1985) was an American writer. He was a contributing writer for National Geographic during the mid to late 1930s and early 1940s and was the author of two books. He was known for his 1943 book Yankee Hobo in the Orient, of which over twelve million copies were sold domestically and internationally in both hardcover and digest format. In the 1940s, he was one of the best-known Oregon writers.He wrote a National Geographic feature article, Imperial Rome Reborn, about fascist Italy, and after writing on World War II shipyard labor practices for Reader's Digest, he gave testimony at a United States congressional hearing. Patric or his works are briefly mentioned by other writers on a diverse range of topics, including political history, an artist biography, an author biography, media history, cultural criticism, ship building, fascism, and Korean history.In later life, Patric was an early influence on portrait artist Chuck Close, and he gained some notoriety as a satirical political candidate in his home state of Washington."@en }
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- John_Patric abstract "John Patric (May 22, 1902 – August 31, 1985) was an American writer. He was a contributing writer for National Geographic during the mid to late 1930s and early 1940s and was the author of two books. He was known for his 1943 book Yankee Hobo in the Orient, of which over twelve million copies were sold domestically and internationally in both hardcover and digest format. In the 1940s, he was one of the best-known Oregon writers.He wrote a National Geographic feature article, Imperial Rome Reborn, about fascist Italy, and after writing on World War II shipyard labor practices for Reader's Digest, he gave testimony at a United States congressional hearing. Patric or his works are briefly mentioned by other writers on a diverse range of topics, including political history, an artist biography, an author biography, media history, cultural criticism, ship building, fascism, and Korean history.In later life, Patric was an early influence on portrait artist Chuck Close, and he gained some notoriety as a satirical political candidate in his home state of Washington.".