Bob Drury is an American writer and journalist. He has contributed to a variety of newspapers, magazines, and other publications. He is the author of over twelve non-fiction books. Currently, he resides in Manasquan, New Jersey.

Early life and education

Drury went to high school in Newark, New Jersey. He attended

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in Connecticut and majored in English. After school, Drury moved to Cape Cod. He held an assortment of jobs, which included working on a painting crew and on a commercial fishing pier.

Career

Drury began his writing career after hearing about a publication opportunity while playing for the Cape Cod Basketball League. For his first story published in the ''Cape Cod Standard Times'', he earned $20. Drury continued writing for this local newspaper, covering town council meetings. Later he moved to Harrison, New Jersey, where continued to work for various newspapers and magazines. Drury interviewed comedian Richard Belzer. Around this time, he also had a job as a film can carrier. Drury wrote for the sports column at '' New York Post''. He started out by covering sports games no one else wanted, but that eventually led to bigger sporting events with the

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, and

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. Drury was eventually made a columnist at the ''Post''. Mike McAllory, Drury's close friend and former ''Post'' contributor, urged Drury to leave the ''Post'', as he did. Drury eventually took his advice and joined ''Sports Magazine'' and worked on freelance crime stories for '' Daily News''. Around the late 1980s, he was hired by ''

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'', the same newspaper McAllory wrote for. Drury has been the author, co-author, or editor on nonfiction books. A few of his subjects include the National Football League and the Cosa Nostra. One of his books, ''The Rescue Saga'' was turned into a documentary by the History Channel. He has written for many publications including, '' The New York Times'', '' Vanity Fair'', ''

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'', and '' GQ''. Presently he is a contributing editor and foreign correspondent for '' Men's Health''. Throughout his writing career, Drury has reported from Iraq,

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, Afghanistan,

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, Belfast,

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, and Sarajevo.

Published work

Books

*''Fatso: Football When Men Were Really Men'' (1987) (with Arthur J. Jr. Donovan) *''Incident at Howard Beach: The Case for Murder (1990) (with Charles J. Hynes) *''Mafia Cop: The Story of an Honest Cop Whose Family was the Mob'' (

Lou Eppolito Stephen Caracappa and Louis Eppolito were former New York City Police Department (NYPD) detectives who worked on behalf of the Five Families of the American Mafia, principally the Lucchese and Gambino crime families, while they committed vari ...

) (1992) *''The Rescue Season: The Heroic Story of Parajumpers on the Edge of the World'' (2001) *''Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story of a Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm, and an Untold Rescue'' (2006) (with Tom Clavin) *''The Last Stand of Fox Company: A True Story of U.S. Marines in Combat'' (2009) (with Tom Clavin) *''Last Men Out: The True Story of America's Heroic Final Hours in Vietnam'' (2011) (with Tom Clavin) *''Classic Routes: the World's Best Hang Gliding and Paragliding Cross Country Routes'' (2011) (with Sylvie Converset, Charlie King, and Marcus Kin) *''The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend'' (2013) (with Tom Clavin) *''War, Sports...and Butterflies: The Greatest Hits of Bob Drury'' (2014) (with James Morganelli & Tom Clavin) *''A Dog's Gift: The Inspirational Story of Veterans and Children Healed by Man's Best Friend'' (2015) *''Lucky 666: The Impossible Mission'' (with Tom Clavin) (2016) *''Valley Forge'' (with Tom Clavin) (2018) *''Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier'' (with Tom Clavin) (2021) ISBN 9781250247131 *''The Last Hill: The Epic Story of a Ranger Battalion and the Battle That Defined WWII'' (with Tom Clavin) (2022) ISBN 9781250247162

References

External links

Bob Drury: ''The Heart of Everything That Is''
at Pritzker Military Museum and Library
Robert F.X. Drury: ''Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story of a Fighting Admiral, and Epic Storm and an Untold Rescue''
at Pritzker Military Museum and Library
Bob Drury Articles
at ''Men's Health'' * http://www.rfxdrury.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Drury, Bob Living people American male journalists American non-fiction writers Fairfield University alumni Year of birth missing (living people)