About Adam Hochschild
Adam Hochschild began his journalism career as a reporter at the San Francisco Chronicle. Subsequently he worked for ten years as a magazine editor and writer, at Ramparts and Mother Jones. Freelance articles of his have been published in The New Yorker, Harper’s, The New York Times Magazine and elsewhere. He is the author of seven books, mostly on subjects to do with human rights, including King Leopold’s Ghost and Finding the Trapdoor, a collection of his magazine pieces. His 2005 book, Bury the Chains, was a finalist for the National Book Award. He has consulted for the BBC and taught writing workshops for working journalists in the U.S., Britain, Zambia, South Africa and India.
Published Stories:
- 'I Tried to Stop the Bloody Thing'
- The American Scholar
- A magazine excerpt from Hochschild's latest book, 'To End All Wars.'
- Rape of the Congo
- The New York Review of Books
Lecturer Adam Hochschild went to the Democratic Republic of Congo in June, 2009 to write several magazine pieces. The first appears in The New York Review of Books.
- Blood and Treasure
- Mother Jones
Why does one of the world's richest countries have some of its poorest people?
- The Trial of Thomas Lubanga
- The Atlantic
In the third of three magazine pieces from his trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Hochschild observes former child soldiers watching the International Criminal Court's first trial.
- Practicing History Without a License
- Historically Speaking
Lecturer Adam Hochschild talks to historians about his experience of coming as a journalist to the writing of history.
Books:
- Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves
A history of the pioneering citizens' movement at home and slave rebellions abroad that won the emancipation of British Empire slaves.
- King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa
The major international atrocity scandal of the early 20th century, and the journalists who exposed it.
- Finding the Trapdoor: Essays, Portraits, Travels
Collected magazine pieces from two decades.
- The Unquiet Ghost: Russians Remember Stalin
A journey across Russia to the ruins of the gulag. Interviews with former prisoners and their jailors.
- The Mirror at Midnight: A South African Journey
A portrait of South Africa at the peak of apartheid-era repression.
- Half the Way Home: A Memoir of Father and Son
A memoir of a relationship.
- To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918
A narrative of the First World War, retold as a struggle between generals, cabinet ministers and ordinary soldiers who fought in the trenches, and, opposed to them, war resisters who refused to fight.
Other Works:
Adam Hochschild talks with the Columbia Journal about his articles and books. Read more...
On C-Span, Hochschild speaks about his experiences writing history. Read more...
A televised conversation about King Leopold's Ghost at Frontline, the London press club. Read more...
"Covering Human Rights in the Congo--100 Years Ago and Today" Read more...
PBS's "Need to Know" interviews Hochschild on the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Patrice Lumumba. Read more...
"Fresh Air" host Terry Gross interviews Adam about his new book, "To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918" Read more...
Scott Pelley of "60 Minutes" interviews Hochschild in Bunia, eastern Congo Read more...
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