Carleton Beals
Carleton Beals (November 13, 1893 – April 4, 1979) was an American journalist, writer, historian, and political activist with a special interest in Latin America. A major journalistic coup for him was his interview with the Nicaraguan rebel Augusto Sandino in February 1928. In the 1920s he was part of the cosmopolitan group of intellectuals, artists, and journalists in Mexico City. He remained an active, prolific, and politically engaged leftist journalist and is the subject of a scholarly biography.
Carleton Beals | |
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| Born | November 13, 1893 Medicine Lodge, Kansas, US |
| Died | April 4, 1979 |
| Education | University of California, Berkeley; Columbia University |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, book author, historian, political activist |
| Notable credit | The only foreign journalist who interviewed General Augusto Sandino during Nicaragua's 1927–33 war against US military occupation |
| Spouse | Lilian Beals |
| Relatives | Carrie Nation, grandmother |
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