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Gore Vidal: Encyclopedia Ii - Gore Vidal - Writing Career
At age 21, he published his first novel, Williwaw, based upon his military experiences in the Alaskan Harbor Detachment. The book was wel...
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Gore Vidal: Encyclopedia Ii - Gore Vidal - Views On September 11 2001
Vidal is critical of the Bush administration, as he has been of previous U.S. administrations that he considers to have either an explici...
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Gore Vidal: Encyclopedia Ii - Gore Vidal - Controversial Political Views
Vidal considers himself a "radical reformer" who has been described as wanting to return to the "pure republicanism" of early America. As...
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Gore Vidal: Encyclopedia Ii - Gore Vidal - Biography
He was born Eugene Luther Vidal in West Point, New York, the son of Eugene Vidal and Nina Gore. His birth took place at the United States...
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