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Michael Jay Ybarra (September 28, 1966 – June 30, 2012) was an American journalist, author and adventurer. He was a non-fiction writer whose work appeared in various national publications. In 2004 his book ''Washington Gone Crazy: Senator Pat McCarran and the Great American Communist Hunt''〔Ybarra, Michael J. "''Washington Gone Crazy: Senator Pat McCarran and The Great American Communist Hunt'' " (1st ed. Hanover, N.H.: Steerforth Press), pp. 818. ISBN 1586420658.〕 won the D.B. Hardeman Prize. It is an important historical work on McCarthyism. As the extreme sports correspondent for the ''Wall Street Journal,'' Ybarra wrote articles about outdoor adventure, providing the genre with a wider audience than it typically receives. ==Life and career== Born and raised in Los Angeles, CA, Ybarra graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1990 with a B.A. in political science. It was during his undergraduate years at UCLA that he started writing professionally for the ''Los Angeles Times'' followed by the ''Chicago Tribune''. During his brief stint at the ''Chicago Tribune'' he interviewed future President Barack Obama. After graduating from UCLA Ybarra moved to Washington, DC where he wrote for the ''Washington Post''. He left when he decided to further his education. In 1992 he graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a Master's in political science. Ybarra had a 25 year career as a journalist and author. He wrote for: the ''Los Angeles Times'', the ''Chicago Tribune'', the ''Washington Post'', the ''New York Times'' and the ''Wall Street Journal''. A prolific and diverse writer, he also contributed articles to ''The New Republic'', ''Upside,'' ''CIO Decisions'' and ''Alpinist'' magazines. The piece he wrote for the ''Washington Post'', "Activists Attest to Romania's Idea of Democracy" was entered into the ''Congressional Record'' at the request of Senator Ted Kennedy. His story about Hurricane Katrina "The Long Road Back" for ''CIO Decisions'' magazine won a National Azbee Gold Award from ASBPE (American Society of Business Publication Editors) and a Bronze Tabbie Award for feature article. Ybarra reported on a wide variety of topics and people such as: President Obama, Pulitzer-prize winning author Michael Chabon, Patagonia founder/climber Yvon Chouinard, novelist Norman Mailer,〔Ybarra, Michael J. "Interview: Norman Mailer." ''Calgary Herald', March 2003.〕 historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr, veteran climber Fred Beckey and television personality Bill Maher. He was the author of ''Washington Gone Crazy: Senator Pat McCarran and the Great American Communist Hunt'' (Steerforth Press). In the early 1990s Ybarra began working for the ''Wall Street Journal'' as a staff reporter in the Journal's San Francisco bureau. It was during this period that Ybarra started researching and writing ''Washington Gone Crazy''. The book was published by Steerforth in 2004 to much critical acclaim. Author, professor and CBS News commentator Douglas Brinkley wrote of the book "Esteemed scholar Michael J. Ybarra's ''Washington Gone Crazy''-based on extensive new archival research-offers a fair-minded, and ultimately devastating, portrait of Nevada's notorious Cold Warrior. A truly landmark study." It was a finalist for The Los Angeles Times Book Prize, The New York Times Book Review listed the biography among the 100 Notable Books of the Year and was shortlisted for the Ambassador Book Award in American Studies. ''Washington Gone Crazy'' won the D.B. Hardeman Prize for the best book on Congress from the Lyndon B. Johnson Foundation. Award committee member Dr. H.W. Brands, the Dickson, Allen, Anderson Centennial Professor of History at The University of Texas at Austin, said Ybarra's work is "that rare book which has something really new to say on an old subject." In popular culture, ''Washington Gone Crazy'' is mentioned on the History Channel's Pawn Stars in the episode "Take A Seat." A digital version of ''Washington Gone Crazy'', featuring an introduction by Sam Tanenhaus, a former editor of The New York Times Book Review, is slated to be released in 2015. While on a trip to Peru in 2004, Ybarra took his first climbing lessons. He subsequently became an avid climber and adventurer. Ybarra traveled widely climbing, hiking and kayaking in such places as: Nepal, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Switzerland, Italy, Thailand, Mexico, Canada, Alaska, Montana, Utah and the Sierra Nevada. From 2007 until his death in 2012, Ybarra chronicled his adventures for the ''Wall Street Journal'' as its extreme sports correspondent publishing more than 30 pieces. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael J. Ybarra」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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