Draft:Frederick Allen

Not to be confused with other people of the same name (Frederick Allen (disambiguating)

Frederick Allen is an author, journalist and commentator in Atlanta, Georgia. He was a political commentator for CNN. Before that he was a columnist for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was part of The Georgia Gang discussiom show. Emory University has a collection of his papers.

He reviewed Charles McNair's book on Atlanta mayor Sam Massell.

He won the inaugural Michael P. Malone Award from the Western History Association for his research into vigilante symbolism. Working on a book about Theodore Roosevelt?

Graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover, Masachusetts and received a BA in journalism from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Married and lives in Atlanta and Montana.

Books

 * Secret Formula about Coca-Cola, a company headquartered in Atlanta
 * Atlanta Rising, a history of modern Atlanta
 * Atlanta Rising: The Invention of an International City, 1946-1996
 * A Decent, Orderly Lynching about vigilantes in Montana.
 * Bourbon, a History (2017)