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4 unusual facts about George Packer


George Packer

Packer was a Holtzbrinck Fellow Class of Fall 2009 at the American Academy in Berlin.

His great-grandfather, George Huddleston, Sr., was also a congressman from Alabama in the earlier part of the 20th Century.

The Village of Waiting

After serving with the Peace Corps in Togo in 1982-3, George Packer wrote The Village of Waiting about his experiences there.

Waleed Zuaiter

On the New York stage, he received critical acclaim for his portrayal of a former Iraqi translator for the U.S. military, in George Packer's Betrayed.



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