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Article: ENIGMATIC FORMER HOSTAGE EMBRACED ISLAM, WANDERLUST.(Main)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- August 12, 1991
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Byline: Beth Hawkins and Paul Richter Los Angeles Times
Described as an adventurer, writer, fortune-hunter and book-seller, Edward Austin Tracy was the most enigmatic of the American hostages held in the Middle East.
The 60-year-old native of Rutland, Vt., was a passionate convert to Islam, yet he was seized and held by an Islamic group called the Revolutionary Justice Organization for at least five years. He was a regular fixture in Beirut's cafes for at least a decade, yet little is known about his life in the city - and not much about his earlier existence.
Before he moved to Beirut, Tracy spent almost 20 years wandering through Europe, the ...