Tucker, Todd 1968-

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Tucker, Todd 1968-

PERSONAL:

Born 1968. Education: University of Notre Dame, B.A., 1990.

ADDRESSES:

Home—Valparaiso, IN. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER:

Writer. Military service: Served in the U.S. Navy on the nuclear submarine USS Alabama, 1990-95.

WRITINGS:

Notre Dame Game Day: Getting There, Getting In, and Getting in the Spirit, Diamond Communications (South Bend, IN), 2000.

Notre Dame vs. the Klan: How the Fighting Irish Defeated the Ku Klux Klan, Loyola Press (Chicago, IL), 2004.

The Great Starvation Experiment: The Heroic Men Who Starved So That Millions Could Live, Free Press (New York, NY), 2006.

Contributor to periodicals, including Rotarian, TWA Ambassador, Inside Sports, and Historic Traveler.

SIDELIGHTS:

Todd Tucker is a graduate of the history department at the University of Notre Dame and a veteran of the Nuclear Propulsion Program of the U.S. Navy. He has written several books, focusing on both history and his love for his alma mater. His first book, Notre Dame Game Day: Getting There, Getting In, and Getting in the Spirit, serves as a travel guide to the sports fan looking to enjoy football at Notre Dame. His next effort, however, Notre Dame vs. the Klan: How the Fighting Irish Defeated the Ku Klux Klan, looks at a more serious side of the university's history. The book recounts an incident in May of 1924, when a group of students from the school battled against a number of sheriff's deputies who were connected to the local Klan chapter. R.C. Cottrell, in a review for Library Journal, called the book "an intriguing tale."

Moving away from his educational roots, Tucker's next effort, The Great Starvation Experiment: The Heroic Men Who Starved So That Millions Could Live, tells the story of a group of men—conscientious objectors—who volunteered to starve as part of an experiment during World War Two, the premise being that scientists would be better prepared to deal with the possible effects of postwar starvation if they could observe the process in a controlled environment ahead of time. A reviewer for Publishers Weekly remarked: "Tucker tells the story with verve and economy." A contributor for Kirkus Reviews stated that the book "sheds welcome light on a little-known historical event and on the role of conscientious objectors in WWII."

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

American Enterprise, July-August, 2005, Naomi Schaefer Riley, "Shamrocks against Sheets," p. 56.

Booklist, March 15, 2006, George Cohen, review of The Great Starvation Experiment: The Heroic Men Who Starved So That Millions Could Live, p. 21.

Kirkus Reviews, March 15, 2006, review of The Great Starvation Experiment, p. 282.

Library Journal, October 1, 2004, R.C. Cottrell, review of Notre Dame vs. the Klan: How the Fighting Irish Defeated the Ku Klux Klan, p. 97; April 15, 2006, Edwin B. Burgess, review of The Great Starvation Experiment, p. 131.

Publishers Weekly, March 6, 2006, review of The Great Starvation Experiment, p. 253.