Alan Moorehead

Journalist

1910-07-22 – 1983-09-29

Alan McCrae Moorehead was an Australian war correspondent and author of popular history. He reported extensively during World War II and later wrote well-known historical works including The White Nile and The Blue Nile. He spent much of his later life in Europe while maintaining strong Australian literary ties.

Quotes by Alan Moorehead

The Nile seems to be impervious to change. It flows on now, as it always flowed, perpetually renewing itself from year to year and from century to century, a never-ending flood of warm, life-giving water that spans half Africa from the Equator to the Mediterranean, and it is still the mightiest river on earth.
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