Ed Darack

Ed Darack is an American author and photographer. He is the author of The Final Mission of Extortion 17, about the August 6, 2011 downing of Extortion 17, Victory Point: Operations Red Wings and Whalers – The Marine Corps' Battle for Freedom in Afghanistan, about Operation Red Wings and Operation Whalers, two American military operations that took place in 2005 in eastern Afghanistan's Kunar Province. He is the author of a number of other books.[1] Darack is also an author of magazine articles about a range of subjects, a photographer published in media throughout the world, and a cartographer.[2][3][4]

Ed Darack
OccupationAuthor and Photographer
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of California, Davis[1]
Notable worksVictory Point
Website
www.darack.com

Books

Victory Point

Victory Point: Operations Red Wings and Whalers – The Marine Corps' Battle for Freedom in Afghanistan is a nonfiction contemporary military history work published in 2009 in hardcover and as an E-book, and then in paperback in 2010 by The Berkley Publishing Group, an imprint of The Penguin Publishing Group.[5] Victory Point documents Operation Red Wings and Operation Whalers, two American military operations that took place in the summer of 2005 in the Hindu Kush Mountains in Afghanistan's eastern Kunar Province. Darack spent two months on the ground in Afghanistan with U.S. Marines for the book's field research.[6][7]


Magazine article works

Darack has written articles for a number of different magazines, including Air & Space / Smithsonian,[8] Weatherwise Magazine[9] (for which he is a contributing editor),[10] Alpinist Magazine,[11] Leatherneck Magazine, The Marine Corps Gazette,[12] Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute,[13] Climbing Magazine, Rock & Ice Magazine, Nature Photographer Magazine, Alaska Geographic, Sea Kayaker Magazine, and others.[14] Topics about which he writes include military, science, weather, travel, geography, mountaineering, adventure, and aviation, among others.[3][8][9][12][13] Darack's articles have been referenced and discussed by a range of media throughout the world, including Stern, The Daily Telegraph, Yahoo News, and others.[3]

Photography

Ed Darack is a stock and magazine photographer.[3] Darack's photographs cover a range of topics, including military, travel, landscape, nature, aerial, aviation, science, weather, adventure travel, and others.[15][16] Darack's photographs have been published in a range of media types throughout the world. His photography publishing credits include Smithsonian, Air & Space/Smithsonian, Vanity Fair, The New York Times, The Daily Telegraph, Scholastic, Random House, Weather Channel, The BBC, Time, The National Geographic Society, Bank of America, Forbes, and numerous others.[3] Darack's photographs have appeared on the covers of a number of magazines, organizational publications, and books, including:

  • The hardcover version of the book Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman by Jon Krakauer featured Darack's photograph of a silhouette of an Afghan fighter at dawn on its cover.[17][18] Published by Random House, Where Men Win Glory peaked at number 2 on The New York Times Best Seller List on the week of October 4, 2009.[19] Darack's image was also used on a number of foreign versions of Where Men Win Glory, including those published in the United Kingdom, Germany, and Italy.[20][21][22]
  • Darack's image of Cerro Torre was used on the cover of Italian mountaineer, explorer, and author Reinhold Messner's book, Grido Di Pietra, published by the Italian publisher Corbaccio in 2009.[23][24]
  • Darack's image, "Snow Covered Mountain Range, Sunset, Elevated View, Canada" featuring King Peak was used as the centerpiece of Canada Post's stamp commemorating the Canadian Rangers. Released on March 3, 2003, the stamp had a print run of 3,000,000.[3][25][26]


References
  1. Sherwin, Elisabeth (1999-01-10), Printed Matter, Davis Enterprise, retrieved 2014-07-30
  2. Penguin Random House Publishing, Ed Darack's Author Biography at Penguin Random House Publishing, Penguin Random House Publishing, retrieved 2017-08-26
  3. Darack, Ed, Ed Darack's Official Website, Ed Darack, retrieved 2014-07-30
  5. Penguin Random House Publishing (2010-04-06), Victory Point by Ed Darack, Penguin Publishing Group, retrieved 2014-07-30
  6. Mraz, Steve (April 13, 2009), Book Brings Afghan Operations to Life, Stars and Stripes, retrieved 2014-07-30
  7. Scott, Lieutenant Colonel Robert R. (USMC) (May 2009), Book Review of Victory Point by Lieutenant Colonel Robert R. Scott, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Center for Strategic and International Studies, archived from the original on 2010-03-09, retrieved 2017-08-26{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. Air & Space / Smithsonian, Articles by Ed Darack, Air & Space / Smithsonian, retrieved 2014-07-31
  9. Weatherwise Magazine, Articles by Ed Darack, Taylor & Francis, retrieved 2017-03-23
  10. Weatherwise Magazine, About Weatherwise, Taylor & Francis, retrieved 2014-07-31
  12. Marine Corps Association and Foundation, Ed Darack, Marine Corps Association and Foundation, retrieved 2014-07-31
  13. United States Naval Institute, Ed Darack, United States Naval Institute, retrieved 2014-07-31
  14. Ed Darack, Ed Darack's Publishing Credits on Darack.com, Ed Darack, retrieved 2014-07-31
  15. Superstock, Ed Darack's Photographs at Superstock, Superstock, retrieved 2017-08-29
  16. Getty Images, Ed Darack's Photographs at Getty Images, Getty Images, retrieved 2017-08-29
  17. Random House (2009-09-15), Where Men Win Glory at Random House, Random House, retrieved 2014-07-31
  18. Getty Images, Afghan Fighter, by Ed Darack, Getty Images, retrieved 2014-07-31
  19. New York Times, "New York Times Best Seller List for week of October 4, 2009" (PDF), New York Times, retrieved 2014-07-31
  20. Corbaccio, Dove Gli Uomini Diventano Eroi, Corbaccio, retrieved 2014-07-31
  21. Piper, Auf Den Feldern Der Ehre, Piper, retrieved 2014-07-31
  22. Atlantic Books, Where Men Win Glory, Atlantic Books, retrieved 2014-07-31
  23. Corbaccio, Grido Di Pietra, Corbaccio, retrieved 2014-07-31
  24. Getty Images, Cerro Torre, by Ed Darack, Getty Images, retrieved 2014-07-31
  25. CanadaPost (March 3, 2003), Canada Post's Canadian Rangers Stamp, Canada Post, archived from the original on November 12, 2014, retrieved 2017-08-29{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  26. Ed Darack, Snow Covered Mountain Range, Sunset, Elevated View, Canada, by Ed Darack, Getty Images, retrieved 2014-08-01
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