James Bradley (c. February, 1954-) is an American author, specializing in historical nonfiction chronicling the Pacific theatre of World War II. His father, John Bradley, was one of six men who became famous for being photographed raising the American flag on Mt. Suribachi. That photograph has gone on to be the most duplicated and reproduced photo ever taken.
In 2000, Bradley published Flags of Our Fathers, which tells the story of six U.S. Mari...
more
James Bradley (c. February, 1954-) is an American author, specializing in historical nonfiction chronicling the Pacific theatre of World War II. His father, John Bradley, was one of six men who became famous for being photographed raising the American flag on Mt. Suribachi. That photograph has gone on to be the most duplicated and reproduced photo ever taken.
In 2000, Bradley published Flags of Our Fathers, which tells the story of six U.S. Marines including his own Navy corpsman father, John Bradley, raising the American flag during the Battle of Iwo Jima. In that book, which spent 46 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and was made into a film directed by Clint Eastwood, Bradley took great care to locate and speak with family and friends who actually knew the men depicted. In doing this, he received great praise for his realistic portrayals and bringing the characters to life. The book and the film goes in depth about the men, and their war-time service. Of the six men,...
less
