Whittaker

I worked hardest and longest—seven to eight years—on my biography of Whittaker Chambers, and I learned the most doing it.

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Noah Charney

August 8, 2012

As Whittaker Chambers remarked in Witness: [W]hen I took up my little sling and aimed at Communism, I also hit something else.

David's Book Club: Fellow Travelers

David Frum

July 22, 2012

Whittaker eventually gave away more than $50 million to almost anyone who would ask.

Mega Millions Winners Might Not Be So Lucky: Jack Whittaker and More Unlucky Lotto Winners

March 31, 2012

One night Whittaker was drugged at a strip club and someone stole $2,000 from his car.

Mega Millions Winners Might Not Be So Lucky: Jack Whittaker and More Unlucky Lotto Winners

March 31, 2012

He wanted to know if we'd got this year's taxes on the Whittaker place.

The "depot hill" is not as high as Whittaker's Hill, but the view is almost as extensive.

By that time the Whittaker place'll be a worse disgrace than 'tis now.

What do you s'pose I care for my well-bein' when there's—Cap'n Whittaker, you tell me now!

It was pitiful to see the erstwhile Whittaker majority melt away.