Charles Wohlforth
Charles P. Wohlforth (born 1963) is an author and journalist, former public official, and consultant.[1] He has written extensively about Alaska and has collaborated with other authors on a variety of topics.[2]
Wohlforth's books include The Whale and the Supercomputer: On the Northern Front of Climate Change, which won a Los Angeles Times Book Prize, in the Science and Technology category, in 2004,[3] and more than 10 other books about science, environment, medicine, history, biography, and travel. His column in the Anchorage Daily News won the "Best of the West" award in 2019.[4] Wohlforth served two terms on the Anchorage Assembly[5][6] and led the Coalition for Education Equity as executive director for five years.[7] He was a consultant on energy and transportation issues on the state and national level.[7] He was host of several radio, podcast and TV programs on Alaska Public Media.[8] He graduated from Princeton University with high honors in 1986.[7]
Partial bibliography
[edit]- How Covid Crashed the System: A Guide to Fixing American Health Care (By David B. Nash and Charles Wohlforth; Rowman and Littlefield, 2022)[9]
- Beyond Earth: Our Path to a New Home in the Planets] (By Charles Wohlforth and Amanda Hendrix; Pantheon/Knopf, 2016).[10]
- From the Shores of Ship Creek: Stories of Anchorage’s First 100 Years (Todd Communications, 2015).[11]
- To Russia With Love: An Alaskan’s Journey (By Vic Fischer with Charles Wohlforth; University of Alaska Press, 2012).[12]
- The Fate of Nature: Rediscovering Our Ability to Rescue the Earth (Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2010).[13]
- Saving for the Future: My Life and the Permanent Fund (By Dave Rose as told to Charles Wohlforth; Epicenter Press, 2008).[14]
- The Whale and the Supercomputer: On the Northern Front of Climate Change (North Point Press/Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2004).[15]
- Frommer's Alaska (Wiley, 1996–2011). Fourteen editions
- Alaska For Dummies (Wiley, 2003–2011). Five editions
- Frommer's Family Vacations in the National Parks (Wiley, 1999–2004). Three editions
- Crisis in the Commons: The Alaska Solution (By Walter J. Hickel; Institute for Contemporary Studies, 2002).
- Spectacular Alaska (Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, 1998; revised edition, Universe, 2012).
References
[edit]- ^ "About Author". Charles Wohlforth. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
- ^ "Books by Charles Wohlforth". Charles Wohlforth. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
- ^ 2004 Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winners
- ^ "2019 results of the Best of the West journalism contest |". Retrieved October 24, 2019.
- ^ "Municipality of Anchorage".
- ^ "List of past members of the Anchorage Assembly" (PDF).
- ^ a b c "Charles Wohlforth CV" (PDF).
- ^ "Charles Wohlforth". Alaska Public Media. April 28, 2017. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
- ^ How Covid Crashed the System: A Guide to Fixing American Health Care.
- ^ https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/239536/beyond-earth-by-charles-wohlforth-and-amanda-r-hendrix-phd/9780804172424/
- ^ Wohlforth, Charles (2014). From the Shores of Ship Creek: Stories of Anchorage's First 100 Years. Todd Communications. ISBN 978-1578336036.
- ^ https://www.alaska.edu/uapress/browse/detail/index.xml?id=462
- ^ http://fateofnature.com/
- ^ http://www.epicenterpress.com/Home/Book/90
- ^ http://www.wohlforth.net/
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Anchorage Daily News column
- Articles collected on Muck Rack
- Dispatch From Alaska: Palin? Really? – an opinion by Wohlforth at The New Republic