Archaeology is the peeping Tom of the sciences. It is the sandbox of men who care not where they are going; they merely want to know where everyone else has been.

Perhaps his most critically acclaimed book was FDR's Last Year: April 1944-April 1945 which brought to public awareness the secrecy that surrounded President Franklin D. He remained until 1945. He was then founding editor of Gold Medal Books (the juvenile division of Fawcett Publications) until 1953.

The Day Christ Died was made into a television film in 1980 starring Chris Sarandon as Jesus Christ and Keith Michell as Pontius Pilate. In 1957 he started his column "Jim Bishop: Reporter" with King Features Syndicate which continued until 1983. Perhaps his most critically acclaimed book was FDR's Last Year: April 1944-April 1945 which brought to public awareness the secrecy that surrounded President Franklin D.