Paul Hendrickson

Paul Hendrickson (born April 29, 1944) is an American author, journalist, and professor. He is a senior lecturer and member of the Department of English at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a former member of the writing staff at the Washington Post.

Books in order of publication:

Seminary: A Search – 1983

Looking For The Light: The Hidden Life and Art of Marion Post Wolcott (1992)

The Living and the Dead: Robert McNamara and Five Lives of a Lost War (1996)

Sons of Mississippi: A Story of Race and Its Legacy – 2003

Hemingway’s Boat: Everything He Loved in Life, and Lost, 1934-1961 – 2011

Plagued by Fire: The Dreams and Furies of Frank Lloyd Wright – 2019

Fighting the Night: Iwo Jima, World War II, and a Flyer’s Life – 2024