Joshua Ives Hammer is an American

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and foreign freelance correspondent and bureau chief for ''

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'' and in

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. He has also written several books, including the best-selling ''The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu'' in 2016.

Early life and education

Hammer was born to a

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family and attended the

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in Riverdale section of

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. He obtained his B.A in English Literature from

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in 1979 where he was Cum Laude.

Career

Hammer has worked as a

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. While at ''Newsweek'' he was the Nairobi Bureau Chief from 1993 to 1996, the South American Bureau Chief from 1996 to 1997, the Los Angeles Bureau Chief from 1997 to 2001, the Berlin Bureau Chief from 2000 to 2001, and the Jerusalem Bureau Chief. His articles have appeared in such publications as ''

The New York Review of Books ''The New York Review of Books'' (or ''NYREV'' or ''NYRB'') is a semi-monthly magazine with articles on literature, culture, economics, science and current affairs. Published in New York City, it is inspired by the idea that the discussion of i ...

'', ''

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'' and '' Smithsonian''.

Personal life

Hammer and the photographer

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were kidnapped in the

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in 2001. Hammer has three sons and as of 2013 was residing with his family in

Berlin, Germany Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constituent ...

Bibliography

Books

* * * ''Yokohama Burning: The Deadly 1923 Earthquake and Fire that Helped Forge the Path to World War II'', 2006 * ''The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu'', 2016 * ''The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird'', 2020

Articles

* * *
"How do You Solve a Problem Like Amazon?"

American Affairs ''American Affairs'' is a quarterly American political journal founded in February 2017 by Julius Krein. The editors describe the journal as blending the literature and philosophy of the ''Claremont Review of Books'' with the political interests o ...

(August 2021)

References

External links

* * Hammer, Joshua.
A Mountain of Trouble
" ''Outside Online,'' May 2010. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hammer, Joshua 1957 births Living people 20th-century American journalists American male journalists The Atlantic (magazine) people Jewish American writers The New Yorker people Smithsonian (magazine) people Writers on the Middle East 21st-century American Jews