Sidney D. Kirkpatrick
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Sidney D. Kirkpatrick (b. 1955) is an award winning documentary film maker and a bestselling historical author. He grew up in Stony Brook, Long Island and attended Kent School, Connecticut, Hampshire College, Massachusetts and New York University.
His documentaries include:
- My Father the President (1982), in which Ethel Derby, second daughter of President Roosevelt, describes her childhood.
His books include:
- A Cast of Killers (pub. 1986), ISBN 978-5551541356 a non-fiction account of Hollywood director King Vidor's private attempt to solve the William Desmond Taylor murder case.
- Turning the Tide: One Man Against the Medellin Cartel ISBN 978-0451403179 (with Peter Abrahams), (pub. 1991) a novelized account of a conflict which took place in the Bahamas between drug baron Carlos Lehder and an American professor investigating hammerhead sharks there.
- Lords of Sipan (pub. 1992), ISBN 978-0688103965, a non-fiction account of the discovery, looting, and eventual recovery of artifacts from the tombs in Sipan, Peru.
- Edgar Cayce: An American Prophet (pub. 2000) ISBN 978-1573228961 , a biography of Edgar Cayce, the psychic.
- The Revenge of Thomas Eakins (pub. 2006), ISBN 978-0300108552 a biography of Thomas Eakins, the artist, for which he was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in biography.
[edit] Trivia
Kirkpatrick is the stepfather of fine artist Mercedes Thurlbeck, and Father-in-law of actor and producer Stephen Blackehart.
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