| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 290 pages) : illustrations |
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An Accidental Journalist: The Adventures of Edmund Stevens 1934-1945; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: An Accidental Journalist; Part 1 An American in Russia; 1. The Early Years in Moscow; 2. Kirov's Death and the Purge; Part 2 Covering World War II; 3. Russia and Germany against the Baltics, Norway, and Finland; 4. Italo-Greek War; 5. Ethiopia with Selassie and Wingate; 6. Desert War of 1942; 7. With Churchill in Moscow; 8. Wendell L. Willkie, Iraq, Iran, Victory in North Africa; 9. A Moscow Correspondent Once Again; Appendix. An Inevitable Journalist: Samples of Stevens's Reporting |
| Summary |
"Stevens was the longest-serving American-born correspondent working from within the Soviet Union. In his career, which spanned half a century, he distinguished himself as a war reporter, analyst, and cultural interpreter. Heckler focuses on Stevens's work, especially his reporting for the Christian Science Monitor, and his life from 1934 to 1945"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-283) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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| Subject |
Stevens, Edmund.
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Stevens, Edmund fast |
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Journalists -- United States -- Biography
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Journalists
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United States
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0826266134 |
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9780826266132 |
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