Bob Considine
| Robert Bernard "Bob" Considine | |
|---|---|
| Born |
November 4, 1906 Washington, D.C. |
| Died | September 25, 1975 (aged 68) Manhattan, New York City |
| Resting place | Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne, New York |
| Alma mater | George Washington University |
| Occupation | Journalist and author |
| Years active | 1930-1975 |
| Relatives |
Tim Considine (nephew) John Considine, III (nephew) |
Tim Considine (nephew)
Robert Bernard Considine, known as Bob Considine (November 4, 1906 – September 25, 1975), was an American journalist, author, and commentator. He is best known as the co-author of Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo and The Babe Ruth Story.
As a student, Considine attended Gonzaga College High School and George Washington University, both in his hometown of Washington, D.C.. He worked as a government employee there as well.
He launched his career as a journalist by his own initiative. In 1930, he purportedly went to the editors of the now defunct The Washington Herald to complain when they misspelled his name in a report about an amateur tennis tournament in which he had participated. He was hired as the newspaper's tennis reporter. He later wrote drama reviews and Sunday feature articles. The newspaper was one in a syndicate of major-market daily newspapers owned by media magnate William Randolph Hearst. As such, Considine could and would use this fact to his advantage.
With the advent of World War II, Considine become a war correspondent with the International News Service, also owned by Hearst. The wire service was a predecessor to United Press International. And, his column "On the Line" was a well known syndicated feature.
"Bob Considine is no great writer, but he is the Hearstling who regularly gets there first with the most words on almost any subject," wrote Time magazine in an un-bylined profile.
With Ted W. Lawson, Considine authored Thirty Seconds over Tokyo, an account of Lt. Col. James Doolittle's 1942 air raid on Japan that was released the following year. It became a best-selling book.
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