Hochschild was born in New York City. As a college student, he spent a summer working on an anti-government newspaper in South Africa and subsequently worked briefly as a civil rights worker in Mississippi in 1964.
Booklist
Adam Hochschild - King Leopold's Ghost- A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa.epub Adam Hochschild - Lessons from a Dark Time and Other Essays.epub Adam Hochschild - To End All Wars- A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918.epub