Question: Who wrote the book that depicts part of the life of the historian born on October 7, 1943?

Related documents: [0]  [DOC] The Nightingale's Song is a 1995 book by "Baltimore Sun" journalist Robert Timberg. It relates the military and political careers of five graduates of the United States Naval Academy, most of whom served during the Vietnam War in either the United States Navy or United States Marine Corps: John McCain, Bud McFarlane, Oliver North, John Poindexter, and Jim Webb. Timberg himself was also a Naval Academy graduate and served in Vietnam with the Marine Corps, where he was badly wounded. [END] 
[1]  [DOC] Oliver Laurence North (born October 7, 1943) is an American political commentator and television host, military historian, "New York Times" best-selling author, and former United States Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel. He was convicted in the Iran-Contra affair of the late 1980s but his convictions were vacated and reversed, and all charges against him dismissed in 1991. [END]  
Answer: Robert Timberg
Robert Timberg