Researching Jack Newfield
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 6 people with the Newfield surname? In that year Newfield was ranked number 3573 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Jack means "form of John - God is gracious" and is of English origin.
Records of Jack Newfield on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Jack Newfield and the Newfield Genealogy
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Some Famous People called Jack Newfield
Jack Newfield
Jack Abraham Newfield (February 18, 1938 – December 21, 2004) was an American journalist, columnist, author, documentary filmmaker and activist. Newfield wrote for the Village Voice, New York Daily News, New York Post, New York Sun, New York, Parade, Tikkun, Mother Jones, and The Nation and monthly columns for several labor union newspapers. In his autobiography, Somebody's Gotta Tell It: The Upbeat Memoir of a Working-Class Journalist (2002), Newfield said, "The point is not to confuse objectivity with truth."
A career beat reporter, Newfield wrote prolifically about modern society, culture, and politics, on a range of topics relevant to urban life, such as municipal corruption, the police, and labor unions, and also professional sports, especially baseball and boxing, as well as contemporary music. He wrote numerous books about modern social and political subjects, including A Prophetic Minority (1966) and Robert Kennedy: A Memoir (1969). He received the American Book Award for The Full Rudy: The Man, the Myth, the Mania about New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
Source: Jack Newfield, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Newfield
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