Rinker Buck

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Rinker Buck
BornCharles Rinker Buck
(1950-12-29) December 29, 1950 (age 71)
Morristown, New Jersey, U.S.
OccupationAuthor, journalist
Period1997–2022
GenreMemoir, non-fiction
Notable works
  • Flight of Passage (1997)
  • If We Had Wings: The Enduring Dream of Flight (2001)
  • First Job: A Memoir of Growing Up at Work (2002)
  • Shane Comes Home (2006)
  • The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey (2015)
  • Life on the Mississippi: An Epic American Adventure (Aug 2022)
Notable awards Eugene S. Pulliam Journalism Writing Award [1]

Rinker Buck (December 29, 1950) is an American author who is best known for his 1997 memoir Flight of Passage.

Contents

Early life

Rinker Buck was born and raised in Morristown, New Jersey, the fourth child of Mary Patricia Buck (née Kernahan) and political activist and Look Magazine publisher Thomas Francis Buck. He has five brothers and five sisters. [2]

1966 flight

In the winter of 1965–1966, Rinker (15) and his older brother Kernahan (17), a licensed pilot, devised a plan to rebuild their father's 1948 Piper PA-11 and fly it from Somerset Hills Airport (N64) [3] in Basking Ridge, New Jersey to Capistrano Airport (L38) [4] in San Juan Capistrano, California. Their journey took six days and was completed in July 1966. [5] The flight is the subject of Buck's 1997 memoir Flight of Passage. [6]

Journalism career

Buck began his career in journalism shortly after graduating from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. His first job was writing for the Berkshire Eagle in 1973. He then served as reporter for New York , Life , Hartford Courant , Adweek and several other national publications. [1]

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References

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  2. "An Interview with Rinker Buck". Random House. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
  3. "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Northeastern New Jersey". www.airfields-freeman.com. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  4. "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: California: Southeastern Orange County". www.airfields-freeman.com. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  5. Herring, Hubert B. (August 20, 1997). "Remembering Two Boys in a Piper Cub Over America". New York Times. Retrieved August 27, 2014.
  6. Minzesheimer, Bob (December 2, 1999). "'Flight' One Critic's Pick of the Year". USA Today. Retrieved September 13, 2014.
  7. "SPJ Announces Recipients of 2003 Sigma Delta Chi Awards". Spj.org. Retrieved December 2, 2018.