Thursday 27 June 2019

802) Hubert Renfro Knickerbocker

Hubert Renfro Knickerbocker (1898 – 1949). American journalist and author.
In 1931, as a correspondent for the New York Evening Post and the Philadelphia Public Ledger, he won the Pulitzer Prize for "a series of articles on the practical operation of the Five Year Plan in Russia".

-"He was nicknamed "Red" from the color of his hair.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_Renfro_Knickerbocker

- "One of the best known was Hubert Renfro Knickerbocker, a red-haired, hard-charging Texan..."  https://books.google.it/books…

- "Knickerbocker had a shock of red hair that made him easy to recognize even at a distance."  https://books.google.it/books…



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