Mark Pendergrast
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Mark Pendergrast (born 1948) is an American
Early life and education
Pendergrast was born in 1948 to Nan and Britt Pendergrast,
As a child during road trips with his family, Pendergrast would sing Broadway tunes harmonizing along with his older brother. Pendergrast currently sings in a Vermont choral group called Social Band. He puts poetry to music for concerts with the group and has written songs including “Donald Trump Satirical Song” which Pendergrast wrote several months before Donald Trump's election.[2][3]
Career
Author
Pendergrast has published fourteen books on various topics.
Two are histories of caffeinated beverages: Coca-Cola (For God, Country and Coca-Cola) and coffee (Uncommon Grounds). Pendergrast states that he wrote For God, Country and Coca-Cola after literary agents moved to Vermont and wrote a letter to the League of Vermont Writers for book ideas. He also states that growing up in Atlanta, GA influenced his decision to write the book. His grandfather was a pharmacist who served some of the original Coca-Cola, which was originally sold as a health elixir.[4]
He has written extensively on the malleability of human memory in his books Memory Warp, The Repressed Memory Epidemic, Victims of Memory, and The Most Hated Man in America. Pendergrast states his most important work is Victims of Memory, which is about
His book on the Jerry Sandusky case, The Most Hated Man in America, was prompted by a 2013 email from an Oregon woman, named Glenna Kerker, who told him that the case had a lot of testimony based on repressed memory therapy.[7] Pendergrast wrote his original arguments for Sandusky's innocence in The Crime Report in 2016 while working on The Most Hated Man in America.[8] Freudian psychoanalysis critic, Frederick Crews, wrote an article in Skeptic magazine detailing the Sandusky case, primarily using arguments from The Most Hated Man in America.[9]
Joseph Stains reviews Pendergrast's 2017 book The Most Hated Man in America: Jerry Sandusky and the Rush to Judgement. Stain says it is "probably the most evenhanded and thoroughly documented volume on the topic". Pendergrast detailed the trial and did extensive research on the subject of
Inside the Outbreaks is about the
City of the Verge is a book about his hometown of Atlanta, GA. He named the book City on the Verge because of the anticipated influx of people into the city of Atlanta. According to Pendergrast, in 2017, the population within the city is expected to triple in the next 30 years.[13]
Japan’s Tipping Point investigates Japan's renewable energy policies after the
Mirror, Mirror covers a wide range of subjects ranging from astronomy to human sexuality and vanity.[4]
Beyond Fair Trade is a book about the Akha hill tribe in Thailand that grows coffee rather than opium poppies after opium raids forced them to relocate in 1985. It also examines the history of the specialty coffee movement.[15]
His three children's books are Jack and the Bean Soup; Silly Sadie; and The Godfool. He has also appeared in several documentaries, including
Book reviewer
Pendergrast has also reviewed books for
Public appearances
He has spoken at scientific and journalism seminars, book festivals, public events, and on college campuses and has appeared on various television
and radio programs, including
Documentary appearances
He has been the featured interviewee in two documentary series inspired by his books, The Cola Conquest, directed by Irene Angelico and produced by Angelico and Abbey Neidik of DLI Productions, and Black Coffee, also directed by Irene Angelico.
Organizational affiliations
Pendergrast is a member of the
Published works
Non-fiction
- Pendergrast, Mark (1996). Victims of Memory: Sex Abuse Accusations and Shattered Lives (2nd ed.). Upper Access. ISBN 0-942679-18-0.
- Pendergrast, Mark (2003). ISBN 0-465-05470-6.
- Pendergrast, Mark (2010). Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World (2nd ed.). ISBN 978-0-465-05467-1.
- Pendergrast, Mark (2010). Inside the Outbreaks: The Elite Medical Detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service. ISBN 978-0-15-101120-9.
- Pendergrast, Mark (2011). Japan's Tipping Point: Crucial Choices in the Post-Fukushima World. Nature's Face Publications. ISBN 978-0982900437.
- Pendergrast, Mark (2013). For God, Country, and Coca-Cola: The Definitive History of the Great American Soft Drink and the Company That Makes It (3rd ed.). ISBN 978-0-465-05468-8.
- Pendergrast, Mark (2015). Beyond Fair Trade: How One Small Coffee Company Helped Transform a Hillside Village in Thailand. ISBN 978-1771640473.
- Pendergrast, Mark (2017). City on the Verge: Atlanta and the Fight for America's Urban Future. ISBN 978-0465054732.
- Pendergrast, Mark (2017). Memory Warp: How the Myth of Repressed Memories Arose and Refuses to Die. Upper Access. ISBN 978-0-942679-41-0.
- Pendergrast, Mark (2017). The Repressed Memory Epidemic: How It Happened and What We Need to Learn from It. ISBN 978-3319633749.
- Pendergrast, Mark (2017). The Most Hated Man in America: Jerry Sandusky and the Rush to Judgement. ISBN 978-1620067659.
Children's literature
- Pendergrast, Mark (2010). Jack and the Bean Soup. Nature's Face Publications. ISBN 978-0982900406.
- Pendergrast, Mark (2013). Silly Sadie. Nature's Face Publications. ISBN 978-0982900451.
- Pendergrast, Mark (2015). The Godfool. Nature's Face Publications. ISBN 978-0982900475.
References
- ISBN 9780786729906.
- ^ a b c "markprendergrast". nsw.org.
- ^ Pendergrast, Mark. "Donald Trump Satirical Song". youtube.com. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- ^ a b c Stoddard, Fran. "Mark Pendergrast". PBS. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
- ^ Haselton, Lisa. "Interview with writer Mark Pendergrast". Lisa Haselton Book Reviews & Interviews. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ Rhoads, Zach. "Young Justice: The Myth of Repressed Memory". Town Meeting TV. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
- ^ Lamberg, Lynne. "Mark Pendergrast: The Most Hated Man in America". National Association of Science Writers. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
- ^ Pendergrast, Mark. "Why Jerry Sandusky May Be Innocent". The Crime Report. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
- ^ Crews, Frederick. "Trial by Therapy: The Jerry Sandusky Case Revisited". Skeptic. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
- ^ Joseph, Stains (2018). "Reconsidering Monsters". Skeptical Inquirer. 42 (3). Committee for Skeptical Inquiry: 62–63.
- PMC 3018522.
- ^ Racaniello, Vincent. "Inside the outbreaks: The elite medical detectives of the epidemic intelligence service". The Journal of Clinical Investigation. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
- ^ "City on the Verge". C-SPAN. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
- ^ Harrington, Margaret. "Japan's Tipping Point: Will Japan Become Nuclear Free?". Fairewinds Energy Education. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
- ^ Torti, Jules. "Review: Coffee a force for good in Thailand". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Mark Pendergrast - Home". Mark Pendergrast. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ Pendergrast, Mark. "Recap of Into the Words". League of Vermont Writers. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ "New Books by Members (Archive)". The Authors Guild. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
External links
- Official website
- Works by Mark Pendergrast at Open Library
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- "Interview on C-SPAN". www.booknotes.org. August 29, 1999. Retrieved March 7, 2018.
- "City on the Verge: Atlanta and the Fight for America's Urban Future". May 25, 2017.
- "For God, Country, and Coca-Cola: The Definitive History of the Great American Soft Drink and the Company That Makes It". July 24, 2013.
- "Inside the Outbreaks: The Elite Medical Detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service". Sep 25, 2010.
- "Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How it Transformed Our World". Jan 29, 2000.
- Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University: Mark Pendergrast research files, circa 1880-2009