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name: "David Kushner"
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# David Kushner

American journalist and author of Masters of Doom, Levittown, Alligator Candy and Ocean of Bones. He is the Ferris Professor of Journalism at Princeton University.

**Author and journalist**

## Books

- [Alligator Candy](/book/alligator-candy)
- [Masters of Doom](/book/masters-of-doom)
- [Ocean of Bones](/book/ocean-of-bones)

## Coverage

- [undefined](/article/ocean-of-bones-david-kushner-guerrero-slave-ship) - Non-Fiction, 2026-11-07