Lowell Thomas

Lowell Jackson Thomas () adalah seorang penulis, penyiar dan penjelajah Amerika, yang dikenal sebagai orang yang membuat Lawrence dari Arabia menjadi terkenal.

Kehidupan awal dan karier
Thomas lahir di Woodington, Darke County, Ohio, dari pasangan Harry dan Harriet Thomas. Ayahnya adalah seorang dokter dan ibunya adalah seorang guru. Pada 1900, keluarganya pindah ke kota pertambangan Victor, Colorado. Thomas bekerja disana sebagai penambang emas, tukang masak, dan wartawan surat kabar.

Peninggalan 
Untuk menghormatinya, sejak 1980, the Explorers Club di mana Lowell Thomas merupakan anggotanya dahulu, secara tahunan mengadakan Lowell Thomas Awards. Salah satu yang mendapatkan penghargaan ini adalah Rosaly Lopes.

Buku 
Beberapa buku Thomas adalah:

 With Lawrence in Arabia, 1924
 The First World Flight, 1925
 Beyond Khyber Pass, 1925
 Count Luckner, The Sea Devil, 1927
 European Skyways, 1927
 The Boy's Life of Colonel Lawrence, 1927
 Adventures in Afghanistan for Boys, 1928
 Raiders of the Deep, 1928
 The Sea Devil's Fo'c'sle, 1929
 Woodfill of the Regulars, 1929
 The Hero of Vincennes: the Story of George Rogers Clark, 1929
 The Wreck of the Dumaru, 1930
 Lauterbach of the China Sea, 1930
 India--Land of the Black Pagoda, 1930
 Rolling Stone: The Life and Adventures of Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore., 1931 See Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore
 Tall Stories, 1931
 Kabluk of the Eskimo, 1932
 This Side of Hell, 1932
 Old Gimlet Eye: The Adventures of General Smedley Butler, 1933
 Born to Raise Hell, 1933
 The Untold Story of Exploration, 1935
 Fan Mail, 1935
 A Trip to New York With Bobby and Betty, 1936
 Men of Danger, 1936
 Kipling Stories and a Life of Kipling, 1936
 Seeing Canada With Lowell Thomas, 1936
 Seeing India With Lowell Thomas, 1936
 Seeing Japan With Lowell Thomas, 1937
 Seeing Mexico With Lowell Thomas, 1937
 Adventures Among the Immortals, 1937
 Hungry Waters, 1937
 Wings Over Asia, 1937
 Magic Dials, 1939
 In New Brunswick We'll Find It, 1939
 Soft Ball! So What?, 1940
 How To Keep Mentally Fit, 1940
 Stand Fast for Freedom, 1940
 Pageant of Adventure, 1940
 Pageant of Life, 1941
 Pageant of Romance, 1943
 These Men Shall Never Die, 1943
 Out of this World: Across the Himalayas to Tibet (1951)
 Back to Mandalay, 1951
 Great True Adventures, 1955
 The Story of the New York Thruway, 1955
 Seven Wonders of the World, 1956
 History As You Heard It 1957
 The Story of the St. Lawrence Seaway, 1957
 The Vital Spark, 1959
 Sir Hubert Wilkins, A Biography, 1961
 More Great True Adventures, 1963
 Book of the High Mountains, 1964 ()
 Famous First Flights That Changed History, 1968 ()
 Burma Jack, 1971 ()
 Doolittle: A Biography, 1976 ()
 Good Evening Everybody: From Cripple Creek to Samarkand, 1976 ()
 So Long Until Tomorrow, 1977 ()

Catatan

Referensi 

 Bowen, Norman (ed) (1968) The Stranger Everyone Knows Doubleday
 Hamilton, John Maxwell (2011) Journalism's Roving Eye: A History of American Foreign Reporting LSU Press  pg 248

Pranala luar 
 
 
 With Lawrence in Arabia at Internet Archive.
 Lowell Thomas at Find-A-Grave
 Lowell Thomas interview at American Heritage
 “Creating History: Lowell Thomas and Lawrence of Arabia” online history exhibit at Clio Visualizing History.
 Lawrenceofarabia.co.uk 

T. E. Lawrence