Joshua Hammer Explained

Joshua Ives Hammer is an American content creator and foreign freelance correspondent and bureau chief for Newsweek and in Europe. He has also written several books, including the best-selling The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu in 2016.

Early life and education

Hammer was born to a Jewish family,^[1] and attended the Horace Mann School in Riverdale section of The Bronx.^[2] He obtained his B.A in English Literature from Princeton University in 1979 where he was Cum Laude.

Career

Hammer has worked as a foreign correspondent.^[3]

While at Newsweek he was the Nairobi Bureau Chief from 1993 to 1996, the South American Bureau Chief from 1996 to 1997, the Los Angeles Bureau Chief from 1997 to 2001, the Berlin Bureau Chief from 2000 to 2001, and the Jerusalem Bureau Chief.^{[4] [5]}

His articles have appeared in such publications as The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker and Smithsonian.^[6]

Personal life

Hammer and the photographer Gary Knight were kidnapped in the Gaza Strip in 2001.^[7]

Hammer has three sons and as of 2013 was residing with his family in Berlin, Germany.^[8]

Bibliography

Books

• Book:
• Book:
• Yokohama Burning: The Deadly 1923 Earthquake and Fire that Helped Forge the Path to World War II, 2006
• The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu, 2016^[9]
• The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird, 2020^[10]

Articles

• • • ^[11]
• "How do You Solve a Problem Like Amazon?" American Affairs (August 2021)

Further reading

• Web site: Farah, Christopher . 'A Season in Bethlehem' by Joshua Hammer . Salon.com. 27 October 2003 . Book review.
• News: Kirsch, Jonathan . Jonathan Kirsch . A family torn apart by its Jewishness . Los Angeles Times . Los Angeles . April 1, 2000 . Review of Chosen by God.

Hammer, Joshua 1957- Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series entry at Encyclopedia.com

External links

• Web site: Hammer website. https://web.archive.org/web/20070513064739/http://www.joshuahammer.com/. dead. 2007-05-13.
• Hammer, Joshua. "A Mountain of Trouble." Outside Online, May 2010.

Notes and References

1. https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/archives/the--plus-most-influential-jews-in-america/article_0f288065-7b64-5f54-94ed-bc8be16e2e3d.html Cleveland Jewish News: "The 30-plus most influential Jews in America"
2. Web site: Joshua Hammer - Official Site. Joshua Hammer. 5 April 2013.
3. News: Heilbrunn, Jacob. Jacob Heilbrunn. Aftershocks. The New York Times. New York. 17 September 2006. .
4. News: Gutman, Matthew. Sects in the City. The Jerusalem Post Literary Quarterly. Jerusalem. Fall 2003. . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100327090443/http://info.jpost.com/C003/Supplements/LQ2003/art.02.html. 27 March 2010.
5. News: Murphy, Bernadette. A Season of Sorrow in Bethlehem. Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles. 23 September 2003. .
6. Web site: Joshua Hammer- Authors- The Atlantic. The Atlantic. 5 April 2013.
7. News: Newsweek Reporter Detained By Palestinians. Newsweek. 29 May 2001. .
8. Web site: Joshua Hammer. Simon & Schuster. 5 April 2013.
9. Web site: Paper trail. The Economist. 28 May 2016. 29 May 2016.
10. Web site: Joinson, Suzanne. Meet the Pablo Escobar of the Falcon Egg Trade. The New York Times. 11 February 2020. 14 February 2020.
11. Online version is titled "A look into Brazil’s makeover of Rio’s slums" online.