Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gervase Peterson
per . Peterson enjoyed a lot of media attention in 2000, which established his notability. http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/gervase-greedy-survivor-castoff-set-lie-cheat-steal-article-1.894257 ''New York Daily News'' published a piece on him in August 2000: "Gervase the Greedy". The same month, he was featured in http://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/13/nyregion/out-of-exile-but-still-in-the-spotlight.html ''The New York Times'' and profiled in http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20354695_85429,00.html ''Entertainment Weekly''. Of course, the book ''Survivor'' (TV Books, 2000, p. 162, {{ISBN|1575001438}}) has a few paragraphs about his life. Peterson appeared as himself on the September 2000 season premier episode of ''The Hughleys'' TV show, as reported in detail by http://books.google.com/books?id=EcQDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA65 ''Jet'' magazine. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20132974,00.html ''People'' magazine reported Peterson's appearance on ''Nash Bridges'' TV show in November 2000. ''Newsweek'' volume 135 in 2000 wrote about Peterson, reporting why he decided to appear on the show: "To prove how tough I was to myself, if I could actually hang out there on an island for 39 days." ''TV Guide'' published a story about him in 2001, volume 49, p. 195, where he is quoted saying "Winning the immunity challenges is the only way to guarantee that you're going to survive another three days and possibly win." This same quote is repeated with attribution in the 2002 book http://books.google.com/books?id=TMU1B4AguUIC&pg=PT42 ''Community That Is Christian''. http://www.phillymag.com/articles/celebrity-life-s-a-beach/ ''Philadelphia'' magazine published a five-page story on him in 2008, also carried by http://www.bostonmagazine.com/scripts/print/article.php?asset_idx=227058 ''Boston'' magazine. TV critic and journalist Eric Deggans wrote a book called ''Race-Baiter: How the Media Wields Dangerous Words to Divide a Nation''; on http://books.google.com/books?id=30VqijTbsUMC&pg=PA193 pages 193–194 he talks about the strategy of Peterson, and the interplay of Peterson and Ramona Gray. Professor Vivian Zayas of Cornell wrote about the first ''Survivor'' season in "Outwit, Outplay, and Outlast", a chapter within the book ''The Psychology of Survivor: Leading Psychologists Take an Unauthorized Look at the Most Elaborate Psychological Experiment Ever''. On http://books.google.com/books?id=FdrILXwh7nEC&pg=PA98 pages 98–100, Zayas analyzes the "sociable and outgoing" strategy of Peterson. Peterson got more notice in 2013 when he competed again. http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/12/16/survivor-blood-vs-water-gervase-peterson/ ''Entertainment Weekly'' dedicated a story about him in December 2013. In November 2013, Peterson was featured on the http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/news/article-1/Celebrity-Corner-Gervase-Peterson/61c3e405-2c84-4fed-afb4-1fbc71b85a52 Philadelphia Eagles football team official website as a celebrity fan. The Arcadia Publishing book ''Legendary Locals of Willingboro'' has http://books.google.com/books?id=SnAbAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA77 one page about Peterson
— User:Binksternet, 16:56, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
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