Bill Thomas (author)
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Bill Thomas (born November 11, 1934) is an American author and photojournalist, the son of William Roy Thomas and Margaret Elizabeth (Crabtree) Thomas born on a farm near Glendale, Kentucky.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Personal life
Thomas attended Western Kentucky University where he met and married Joan Louise McBroom. He received a B.A. from WKU in 1957. Together, they were the parents of David William Thomas (1956), Dianne Louise Thomas (1958), and Lisa Ann Thomas (1963). He and Joan divorced in 1965 and Thomas married Phyllis Newkirk Moore in 1966. He and Phyllis were the parents of Thomas' son Alan Lowell Thomas (1966).
[edit] Professional life
Thomas reported for the Park City Daily News, during the WKU years. Upon graduation, he accepted a commission in the US Army, serving 1957-59 at Ft. Holobird, Maryland. After separation, Thomas was employed by United Press International in Louisville, Kentucky, until going to work for the Cincinnati Enquirer in 1962. He was promoted to Travel Editor at the Enquirer.
Thomas left the Enquirer in 1966, to freelance for a number of newspapers and magazines. His work focused in the areas of outdoors, travel, and human interest, and was published in Field & Stream, Woodall's Trailer Travel, Outdoor Life, The Saturday Evening Post, and many others. In 1976, Thomas received the National Geographic Award for Photography. Thomas published his first book in 1974 and continues new projects, to date.
[edit] Books
- Tripping in America: Off the Beaten Track (1974)
- Eastern Trips & Trails (1975)
- Mid-America Trips and Trails (1975)
- The Swamp (1976)
- The Complete World of Kites (1977)
- Lakeside Recreation Areas (1977)
- American Rivers: A Natural History (1978)
- The Island (1981)
- The Brown County Book (1981)
- Talking with the Animals: How to Communicate with Wildlife (1985)
- How You Can Make $50,000 a Year As a Nature Photojournalist (1986)
- Natural Chicago (1986 with Phyllis Thomas)
- Natural New York (1988 with Phyllis Thomas)
- Indiana: Off the beaten path (Off the Beaten Path Indiana) (1989)
- Natural Los Angeles (1989 with Phyllis Thomas)
- Natural Washington (1991)
- Wild Woodlands: The Old-Growth Forests of America (1992)
- Travel America's Past and Future: The Travel Guide to Americas Living Restorations and Futuristic Attractions (1993)
- The North Carolina Sierra Club's guide to the Jocassee Gorges: Horsepasture, Bearwallow, & Toxaway Region (1998)
- The River Purple (2002)
