James Richard Hougan (born James Richard Edwards on October 14, 1942)
[ "Hougan, Jim 1942–." In: ''Contemporary Authors Online: A Bio-bibliographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Nonfiction, Poetry, Journalism, Drama, Motion Pictures, Television, and Other Fields.'' Volume 153. New Revision Series. Detroit: Gale (2006). pp. 153-155. .] is an American author,
investigative reporter and
documentary film
A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional film, motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". Bill Nichols (film critic), Bil ...
producer.
A best-selling novelist in the United States and Europe, he is also known for ''Secret Agenda,'' a book on the
Watergate scandal
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.
Early life and education
Hougan was born in
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...
,
and graduated from
William Horlick High School
William Horlick High School (also known as Horlick or Racine Horlick High School) is a comprehensive public four-year high school in Racine, Wisconsin with an enrollment of approximately 2,000 students. The school opened to students in 1928, after ...
in
Racine, Wisconsin
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, in 1960. In 1966, he earned a
Bachelor of Science
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The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University of ...
degree in philosophy from the
University of Wisconsin-Madison
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.
Career
Houghan wed
Carolyn Johnson and began work as a newspaper reporter and photographer for the ''Prince George's County Sentinel'' in the
Washington metropolitan area. Afterward he joined the ''Capitol Times'' newspaper in
Madison, Wisconsin
Madison is the county seat of Dane County and the capital city of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census the population was 269,840, making it the second-largest city in Wisconsin by population, after Milwaukee, and the 80th-lar ...
. In 1971, while working there and as a stringer for ''
The New York Times
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'', he was awarded a study grant from the
Alicia Patterson Foundation The Alicia Patterson Foundation (APF) program was established in 1965 in memory of Alicia Patterson
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and was a
Rockefeller Foundation
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fellow. Reporting from
Mexico City
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,
Amsterdam
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,
Ibiza
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,
Athens
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, and
London
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, his articles for the two foundations about "contemporary Western youth movements" were published in national newspapers and magazines. During this time, while covering
countercultural
A counterculture is a culture whose values and norms of behavior differ substantially from those of mainstream society, sometimes diametrically opposed to mainstream cultural mores.Eric Donald Hirsch. ''The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy''. Hou ...
movements in the West, he reported as well on the
massacre of student dissidents in
Tlatelolco, Mexico City and on the violent repression of their Greek counterparts by the
Greek military junta in Athens. Both assignments were considered dangerous.
Hougan's first book, ''Decadence'', was published soon after his return from Europe. His second book, ''Spooks'', reported on the "metastasis" of the American intelligence community and the emerging "cryptocracy." In its review, the ''
Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times'') is a daily newspaper that started publishing in Los Angeles in 1881. Based in the LA-adjacent suburb of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-largest newspaper by circulation in the Un ...
'' declared ''Spooks'' "one of the best non-fiction books of the year, a monument of fourth-level research and fact-searching."
Howard Hughes
Howard Robard Hughes Jr. (December 24, 1905 – April 5, 1976) was an American business magnate, record-setting pilot, engineer, film producer, and philanthropist, known during his lifetime as one of the most influential and richest people in th ...
,
Robert Maheu,
Robert Vesco,
Aristotle Onassis
Aristotle Socrates Onassis (, ; el, Αριστοτέλης Ωνάσης, Aristotélis Onásis, ; 20 January 1906 – 15 March 1975), was a Greek-Argentinian shipping magnate who amassed the world's largest privately-owned shipping fleet and wa ...
, and Yoshio Kodama were among the book's more infamous subjects, but its most important contribution to the investigative canon may have been its reportage about lesser known intelligence agents such as Bernard Spindel, Lou Russell,
Mitch WerBell
Mitchell Livingston WerBell III (March 18, 1918 – December 17, 1983) was an OSS operative, mercenary, paramilitary trainer, firearms engineer, and arms dealer.
Early life and OSS service
WerBell was born in Philadelphia, the son of a Czarist c ...
, John Frank, Joseph Shimon and others.
Hougan testified at the trial of Mark Knops, editor of the ''Madison Kaleidoscope'', a newspaper in Madison, Wisconsin.
As Washington Editor of ''
Harper's Magazine
''Harper's Magazine'' is a monthly magazine of literature, politics, culture, finance, and the arts. Launched in New York City in June 1850, it is the oldest continuously published monthly magazine in the U.S. (''Scientific American'' is older, b ...
'' (1979–84), Hougan wrote extensively about the U.S. intelligence community, and the CIA in particular. His investigation of the Watergate break-in uncovered links between the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters in the Watergate office building and a call-girl ring at a nearby apartment complex. This liaison arrangement, coupled with evidence implicating the CIA in the operation, led to the publication of ''Secret Agenda: Watergate, Deep Throat and the CIA'' by
Random House
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in 1984. A
Book of the Month Club selection, ''Secret Agenda'' was chosen by ''The New York Times'' as "one of the year's most noteworthy books." Hougan made appearances on such programs as
NPR's ''
All Things Considered
''All Things Considered'' (''ATC'') is the flagship news program on the American network National Public Radio (NPR). It was the first news program on NPR, premiering on May 3, 1971. It is broadcast live on NPR affiliated stations in the United ...
'', ''
The Today Show'', ''
Good Morning America
''Good Morning America'' (often abbreviated as ''GMA'') is an American morning television program that is broadcast on ABC. It debuted on November 3, 1975, and first expanded to weekends with the debut of a Sunday edition on January 3, 1993. Th ...
'', and programs hosted by
Larry King,
Tom Snyder
Thomas James Snyder (May 12, 1936 – July 29, 2007) was an American television personality, news anchor, and radio personality best known for his late night talk shows '' Tomorrow'', on the NBC television network in the 1970s and 1980s, and '' ...
, and
Regis Philbin.
In the mid-1980s, Hougan and author Sally Denton formed Hougan & Denton, a Washington-based company that did investigative research for law firms and labor unions. Clients included the
AFL-CIO, the
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), the
United Mine Workers of America
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, and the
Service Employees International Union (SEIU). During this period, Hougan joined with
Norman Mailer
Nachem Malech Mailer (January 31, 1923 – November 10, 2007), known by his pen name Norman Kingsley Mailer, was an American novelist, journalist, essayist, playwright, activist, filmmaker and actor. In a career spanning over six decades, Mailer ...
and
Edward Jay Epstein in forming what Hougan characterized as "an invisible salon," but which ''The New York Times'' called "a small coterie of intelligence buffs, conspiracy theorists and meta-political speculators, who, with all proper self-mockery, call themselves 'the Dynamite Club.'" The group met irregularly at the Manhattan apartment of Edward Jay Epstein and at the Washington manse of Bernard "Bud" Fensterwald (founder of the Assassination Archives and Research Center in Washington, D.C.). Attendees included Dick Russell (author of ''The Man Who Knew Too Much''),
Don DeLillo (''Libra'' and ''Underworld''), Kevin Coogan (''Dreamer of the Day''),
G. Gordon Liddy
George Gordon Battle Liddy (November 30, 1930 – March 30, 2021) was an American lawyer, FBI agent, talk show host, actor, and convicted felon in the Watergate scandal as the chief operative in the White House Plumbers unit during the Nixon admi ...
(''Will'') and others. At the time, Hougan was helping
Norman Mailer
Nachem Malech Mailer (January 31, 1923 – November 10, 2007), known by his pen name Norman Kingsley Mailer, was an American novelist, journalist, essayist, playwright, activist, filmmaker and actor. In a career spanning over six decades, Mailer ...
in his research for what became the latter's CIA novel, ''
Harlot's Ghost
''Harlot's Ghost'' (1991) is a fictional chronicle of the Central Intelligence Agency by Norman Mailer. The characters are a mixture of real people and fictional figures. At over 1,300 pages, the book is Mailer's longest.
Summary
At first it a ...
''. While Mailer referred to these informal gatherings – drinks and dinner – as "meetings," the affairs had more in common with those of a salon than of an actual "club."
In early 1991, Hougan was retained as a private investigator by
AFL-CIO's Industrial Union Department (IUD) and by the
United Steelworkers of America
The United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, commonly known as the United Steelworkers (USW), is a general trade union with members across North America. Headqua ...
(USWA). At stake were the jobs of more than 1,700 workers at the Ravenswood Aluminum Corporation (RAC) in
Ravenswood, West Virginia
Ravenswood is a city in Jackson County, West Virginia, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 3,865 at the 2020 census.
Geography
Ravenswood is located at (38.952922, -81.761357), along the Ohio River at the mouth of Sandy ...
– a demographic that constituted the majority of the town's workforce. Hougan discovered that the plant from which the workers had been locked-out was secretly controlled by
Marc Rich, a fugitive billionaire and
commodities broker then resident in
Zug, Switzerland
, neighboring_municipalities = Cham, Baar, Walchwil, Steinhausen, Unterägeri
, twintowns = Fürstenfeld (Austria), Kalesija (Bosnia-Herzegowina)
Zug (Standard German: , Alemannic German: ; french: Zoug it, Zugo r ...
. For the next two years, Hougan led the investigative component of an international campaign marked by demonstrations in Switzerland and England, and by congressional hearings in Washington and parliamentary speeches in Bern. In the summer of 1992, Rich finally capitulated and the Steelworkers returned to their jobs. The Ravenswood campaign has since been called "one of the most innovative and sophisticated contract campaigns ever waged by an American union. What happened in this small West Virginia town serves as a beacon of hope for American workers..."
Hougan participated in
G. Gordon Liddy
George Gordon Battle Liddy (November 30, 1930 – March 30, 2021) was an American lawyer, FBI agent, talk show host, actor, and convicted felon in the Watergate scandal as the chief operative in the White House Plumbers unit during the Nixon admi ...
's radio show on June 18, 1992, at the
Watergate Hotel on the 20th anniversary of the Watergate crime, with
Len Colodny
''Silent Coup'' is a book written by Len Colodny 938 - 2021and Robert Gettlin that proposed an alternate explanation for the Watergate scandal that led to the 1974 resignation of US President Richard Nixon. The first edition was published in 199 ...
along with John Barrett, Paul Leeper, and Carl Shoffler, the three arresting police officers. The event was broadcast nationwide by
C-SPAN
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.
In 1993, Hougan became one of the first, if not the first, American journalist to return to
Beirut
Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ...
after years of internecine warfare, kidnappings and bombings. On assignment for the television documentary program, ''
60 Minutes
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'', Hougan and Lowell Bergman paved the way for
Mike Wallace
Myron Leon Wallace (May 9, 1918 – April 7, 2012) was an American journalist, game show host, actor, and media personality. He interviewed a wide range of prominent newsmakers during his seven-decade career. He was one of the original correspo ...
to interview three of
Hezbollah
Hezbollah (; ar, حزب الله ', , also transliterated Hizbullah or Hizballah, among others) is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and militant group, led by its Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah since 1992. Hezbollah's parami ...
's most powerful figures: its spiritual leader, Sheik
Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah; its former Secretary-General, Sheik
Subhi al-Tufayli
Subhi al-Tufayli ( ar, صبحي الطفيلي) (born 1948) was the first Secretary-General or leader of Hezbollah for a year. Al-Tufayli is a Shia Islamist, but is a very vocal critic of Iran and the current Hezbollah leadership. He has been an ...
; and Hussein Mussawi, an Iranian agent and head of
Islamic Amal Islamic Amal (in Arabic أمل الإسلامية) was a Lebanese Shia military movement based in Baalbek in the Beqaa Valley, Islamic Amal was led by Husayn Al-Musawi, who was also a leading figure in Hezbollah.
The movement got its start in June ...
. Both Musawi and Tufayli have been implicated in Lebanon's torturous Hostage Crisis. The segment, titled "Three Days in Beirut," aired on January 16, 1994. Hougan continued to work for ''60 Minutes'' over the next two years, after which he returned to writing books.
These were thrillers, all but one written with his wife, the novelist Carolyn Hougan, using the pseudonym,
"John Case."["About the Author: John Case."]
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the original.
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, 1997), a ''New York Times'' best-seller. ''The First Horseman'' (New York: Ballantine Books
Ballantine Books is a major book publisher located in the United States, founded in 1952 by Ian Ballantine with his wife, Betty Ballantine. It was acquired by Random House in 1973, which in turn was acquired by Bertelsmann in 1998 and remains ...
, 1998) followed a year later. ''Kingdom Come'' (New York: Ballantine Books
Ballantine Books is a major book publisher located in the United States, founded in 1952 by Ian Ballantine with his wife, Betty Ballantine. It was acquired by Random House in 1973, which in turn was acquired by Bertelsmann in 1998 and remains ...
, 2000) was published under his own name, and was subsequently reprinted as ''The Magdalen Cipher'' after becoming a bestseller in Spain. To date, his subsequent novels, all written under the John Case pseudonym, include ''The Syndrome'' (2002); ''The Eighth Day'' (2002); ''The Murder Artist'' (2004); and ''Ghost Dancer'' (2007). All were published in the U.S. by Ballantine Books, a division of Random House, Inc., as well as by publishers in Europe, Asia, South America, Australia and New Zealand. Writing with his wife as "John Case," Hougan has twice been short-listed for the Hammett Prize, honoring literary excellence in crime writing.
Hougan’s wife Carolyn died from stomach cancer in 2007.
In 2014, his former high school publicly recognized him and five others as "graduates of distinction." He lives in Afton, Virginia.
Hougan has been an advisory board member of the Colodny Collection at Texas A&M University
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since at least 2019.["Advisory Board Members."''The Colodny Collection''](_blank)
at Texas A&M University
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. ''watergate.com''.
Rebecca Moore endorsed Hougan's body of work as being the "most credible example of leftist conspiracy literature." She expanded on this in another article, where she writes: "I described Mr. Hougan's article in ''Lobster
Lobsters are a family (biology), family (Nephropidae, Synonym (taxonomy), synonym Homaridae) of marine crustaceans. They have long bodies with muscular tails and live in crevices or burrows on the sea floor. Three of their five pairs of legs ...
'' as falling within the genre of conspiracy literature. I stand by that statement, and I believe other readers of the article would agree. ..I believe the editors published Mr. Hougan's piece because of its conspiracy themes. However, there is a difference between an article written by a professional conspiracist, and an article with a conspiracy theme written by an investigative reporter. I recognize the importance of making that distinction, and I am happy to do so."
Filmography
Hougan's films include ''The Vodka Dons'', a documentary for the Discovery Channel
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about the Russian Mafia
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in the United States.
He served as executive producer for the 1982 documentary, ''Frank Terpil: Confessions of a Dangerous Man''. In 1998, he produced ''Jonestown: Mystery of a Massacre'', an episode of the TV show ''Investigative Reports'', hosted by Bill Kurtis. The documentary aired on November 9, 1998 on A&E in the United States and Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned enterprise, state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a four ...
in the United Kingdom.
Hougan provided a featured interview for a 2004 episode of the television documentary series, ''Betrayal!'', regarding disgraced CIA officer
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA ), known informally as the Agency and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States, officially tasked with gathering, processing, ...
Edwin Wilson.
Publications
Articles
* "Being Old and Hip & Broke in Ibiza." ''Alicia Patterson Foundation The Alicia Patterson Foundation (APF) program was established in 1965 in memory of Alicia Patterson
Alicia Patterson (October 15, 1906 – July 2, 1963) was an American journalist, the founder and editor of ''Newsday''. With Neysa McMein, she cre ...
'' (1972). .
:: "Jim Hougan was an Alicia Patterson Foundation award winner on leave from ''The Capital Times'' newspaper in Madison, Wisconsin."
* "Blues on Calle Escorza." ''Alicia Patterson Foundation The Alicia Patterson Foundation (APF) program was established in 1965 in memory of Alicia Patterson
Alicia Patterson (October 15, 1906 – July 2, 1963) was an American journalist, the founder and editor of ''Newsday''. With Neysa McMein, she cre ...
'' (1972). .
* "Mexico Raises a Counter-Culture." ''The Nation
''The Nation'' is an American liberal biweekly magazine that covers political and cultural news, opinion, and analysis. It was founded on July 6, 1865, as a successor to William Lloyd Garrison's '' The Liberator'', an abolitionist newspaper tha ...
'', vol. 215, no. 8 (September 25, 1972), pp. 238–240.
:: On the emergence of counterculture in Mexico and the liberalization of women's roles on young men. Explores the impact of rock lyrics on a counterculture and speculates why a conservative government and an up-tight bourgeoisie try to suppress a counter-culture without first making an attempt to understand it.
"Kilroy's New Message: Is the script for the future written on the Men's Room wall?"
''Harper's Magazine
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'' (Nov. 1972), pp. 20, 22, 24, 26.
* "London: Helen Vlachos Doesn’t Love You Anymore." ''Capital Times'' adison, Wis. vol. 111, no. 140 (Nov. 20, 1972), p. 31.
* "Greece: The Illusion of Stability." ''The Nation
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'', vol. 216, no. 11 (Mar. 12, 1973), pp. 329–334.
:: Discusses various political and economic issues related to Greece: economic implications of terrorism, effects of massive industrialization, and relations with other countries.
"Hard Times at the _th_ns News."
''Harper's Magazine
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'', vol. 248, no. 1487 (April 1974), pp. 24, 28-30, 32.
"A Surfeit of Spies: The proliferation of private intelligence agencies has made civilian espionage a growth industry."
''Harper's Magazine
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'' (Dec. 1974), pp. 51–67.
"Poor Birds of Paradise."
''Harper's Magazine
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'' (Feb. 1976), pp. 39–44.
"Pandora's Box."
''Harper's Magazine
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'' (Aug. 1976)
"The Business of Buying Friends."
''Harper's Magazine
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'' (Dec. 1976), p. 43.
** Republished as Chapter 10 of ''Crime at the Top: Deviance in Business and the Professions'' (1978). .
"The Persecution and Character Assassination of Howard (Bo) Callaway as Performed by Inmates of the U.S. Senate Under the Auspices of the Democratic Party."
''Harper's Magazine
''Harper's Magazine'' is a monthly magazine of literature, politics, culture, finance, and the arts. Launched in New York City in June 1850, it is the oldest continuously published monthly magazine in the U.S. (''Scientific American'' is older, b ...
'' (Jul. 1977), pp. 35–54.
"Helmslet."
''Harper's Magazine
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'' (Feb. 1978), pp. 64–70.
"The McCord File."
''Harper's Magazine
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'' (Jan. 1980)
pp. 37-56.
* "Just When You Understood Watergate." ''Progressive Review'' (May 1986), pp. 30–31.
* "The Covert Spectrum." ''Whole Earth Review
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'', no. 68 (Fall 1990), pp. 105-111.br>Full issue.
* "It's 1914 All Over Again." '' The Evening Sun'' altimore, Mary.(Mar. 10, 1994), p. 19A.
"The Secret Life of Jim Jones: A Parapolitical Fugue."
''Lobster'' ( UK), no. 37 (Summer 1999)
Full issue.
.
"Many Questions Find Answers in Guyana."''jonestown report'', vol. 4
(November 2002).
(September 25, 2006).
* "Stopping Wikileaks is like Wrestling a Wave." '' Madison Capital Times'' (December 22, 2010), p. 28.
* "Hougan, Liddy, The Post, & Watergate." ''Garrison'' (July 9, 2019).
Undated
"Carolyn Hougan."
''johncase.com.''
:: A brief biographical profile about his wife, Carolyn, for the official John Case website.
Book reviews
(May 1978). Review of ''Jerusalem Poker'' by Edward Whittemore. ''Harper's Magazine
''Harper's Magazine'' is a monthly magazine of literature, politics, culture, finance, and the arts. Launched in New York City in June 1850, it is the oldest continuously published monthly magazine in the U.S. (''Scientific American'' is older, b ...
''. pp. 68–69.
"The Russians Have Arrived: How the West was Lost"
(Jan. 1981). Review of ''The Spike'' by Arnaud de Borchgrave
Arnaud Charles Paul Marie Philippe de Borchgrave (26 October 1926 – 15 February 2015) was a Belgian-American journalist who specialized in international politics. Following a long career with the news magazine ''Newsweek'', covering 17 wars i ...
and Robert Moss. ''Harper's Magazine
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''. pp. 77–80.
* "Less than Meets the Eye: Bob Woodward's Pseudosecrets" (Jan. 5, 1988). Review of ''VEIL: The Secret Wars of the CIA 1981-1987'' by Bob Woodward. ''Village Voice
''The Village Voice'' is an American news and culture paper, known for being the country's first alternative newsweekly. Founded in 1955 by Dan Wolf, Ed Fancher, John Wilcock, and Norman Mailer, the ''Voice'' began as a platform for the creat ...
'' ew York vol. 33, no. 1. p. 52.
Books
* ''Anticipating Machine'' (poetry
Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings i ...
). Madison, WI: Quixote Press (1969)
* ''Decadence: Radical Nostalgia, Narcissism and Decline'' (non-fiction
Nonfiction, or non-fiction, is any document or media content that attempts, in good faith, to provide information (and sometimes opinions) grounded only in facts and real life, rather than in imagination. Nonfiction is often associated with be ...
). New York: William Morrow (1975). . .
''Spooks: The Haunting of America & the Private Use of Secret Agents''
(non-fiction
Nonfiction, or non-fiction, is any document or media content that attempts, in good faith, to provide information (and sometimes opinions) grounded only in facts and real life, rather than in imagination. Nonfiction is often associated with be ...
). New York: William Morrow (1978). .
''Secret Agenda: Watergate, Deep Throat, and the CIA''
(non-fiction
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). New York: Random House
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(1984). . .
* ''Kingdom Come'' (novel
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). New York: Ballantine Books
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(2000). ; Paperback edition.
** Republished a
''The Magdalene Cipher''
in 2000 by Avon Books, New York. . . Published in London by Arrow Books
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(2006).
Published as John Case
* ''The Genesis Code''. New York: Ballantine Books
Ballantine Books is a major book publisher located in the United States, founded in 1952 by Ian Ballantine with his wife, Betty Ballantine. It was acquired by Random House in 1973, which in turn was acquired by Bertelsmann in 1998 and remains ...
(1998). .
* ''The Syndrome''. New York: Ballantine Books
Ballantine Books is a major book publisher located in the United States, founded in 1952 by Ian Ballantine with his wife, Betty Ballantine. It was acquired by Random House in 1973, which in turn was acquired by Bertelsmann in 1998 and remains ...
(2001). .
* ''The Eighth Day''. New York: Ballantine Books
Ballantine Books is a major book publisher located in the United States, founded in 1952 by Ian Ballantine with his wife, Betty Ballantine. It was acquired by Random House in 1973, which in turn was acquired by Bertelsmann in 1998 and remains ...
(2002). .
* ''The First Horseman''. New York: Ballantine Books
Ballantine Books is a major book publisher located in the United States, founded in 1952 by Ian Ballantine with his wife, Betty Ballantine. It was acquired by Random House in 1973, which in turn was acquired by Bertelsmann in 1998 and remains ...
(2004)
* ''The Murder Artist''. New York: Ballantine Books
Ballantine Books is a major book publisher located in the United States, founded in 1952 by Ian Ballantine with his wife, Betty Ballantine. It was acquired by Random House in 1973, which in turn was acquired by Bertelsmann in 1998 and remains ...
(2004). .
* ''Ghost Dancer''. New York: Ballantine Books
Ballantine Books is a major book publisher located in the United States, founded in 1952 by Ian Ballantine with his wife, Betty Ballantine. It was acquired by Random House in 1973, which in turn was acquired by Bertelsmann in 1998 and remains ...
(2006). .
** UK edition: ''The Dance of Death''. London: Arrow Books
Random House is an American book publisher and the largest general-interest paperback publisher in the world. The company has several independently managed subsidiaries around the world. It is part of Penguin Random House, which is owned by Germ ...
(2007). .
Further reading
* Evans, M. Stanton
"Truth About Watergate Begins to Surface."
'' Human Events'' (November 9, 1985)
* Garvin, Glenn
"Hougan: Anti-hero."
'' Washington Times'' (December 10, 1984)
p. B1.
"Hougan, Jim 1942-."
''Encyclopedia.com
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History
The website was launched by ...
''.
"Interview: Jim Hougan"
(September 2001), for PBS
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Frontline
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Books and publications
* ''Front Lines'' (novel), young adult historical novel by American author Michael Grant
* ''Frontlines ...
"Target America."
S19, E12 (October 4, 2001). Archived fro
"Target America."
''IMDb
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''.
* Moore, Rebecca
"Reconstructing Reality: Conspiracy Theories About Jonestown."''
Journal of Popular Culture
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'', vol. 36, no. 2 (Fall 2002)
pp. 200-220.Archived fro
the original.*
Spencer, Scott. "Hope & Hard Times." ''
Rolling Stone
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'', no. 629 (April 30, 1992), pp. 44-.
*
Weisberg, Harold A.br>
Note on ''Spooks'' by Jim Hougan(undated)
References
External links
Official website*
''Investigative Notes''(
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)
JohnCase.com(archived)
Jim Houganat
IMDb
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Articles by Jim Houganin ''
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''
Articles about Jim Houganin
''Lobster'' (UK)
Appearances by Jim Houganon
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''Alternative Considerations of Jonestown & Peoples Temple''via
San Diego State University
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