Buck, Rinker
BUCK, Rinker
BUCK, Rinker. American, b. 1950. Genres: Air/Space topics, Autobiography/Memoirs. Career: Berkshire Eagle, MA, reporter; worked for New York, Life, and Adweek. Publications: Flight of Passage, 1997; If We Had Wings, 2001; First Job, 2002. Contributor to magazines and newspapers.
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