LEADER 03570nam 2200625 450 001 9910787876303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8108-8907-2 035 $a(CKB)2670000000544940 035 $a(EBL)1641879 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001132574 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12376822 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001132574 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11147964 035 $a(PQKB)10632397 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1641879 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1641879 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10852568 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL584899 035 $a(OCoLC)874029457 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000544940 100 $a20140410h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMerchant of words $ethe life of Robert St. John /$fTerry Fred Horowitz 210 1$aLanham, Maryland ;$aPlymouth, England :$cRowman & Littlefield,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (446 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8108-8906-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Prologue; 1 Growing Pains in Illinois; 2 You're in the Navy Now!; 3 "Thekla"; 4 First Scoops; 5 Exposing Capone and Paying the Price; 6 Robert Marrying Eda and Archer Aping Robert; 7 Who Gets the Credit?; 8 "How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm?"; 9 AP War Correspondent; 10 Escaping the Nazis; 11 From the Land of Silent People; 12 Broadcasting during the Blitz; 13 Getting Truman to Play the Piano; 14 NBC Wields the Axe; 15 The Silent People Speak and So Does Robert; 16 Seduced by Israel; 17 "Believe It or Not," Red Channels Says Robert Has Communistic Leanings 327 $a18 Apartheid in Africa19 This Was My World, Passport Taken Away, Archer Commits Suicide, and "You've Had Your Pound of Flesh"; 20 In Need of Some Friends; 21 Ben-Gurion's "Goyisha Friend"; 22 Eichmann Trial; 23 Three Books in One Year; 24 "Gosh," a New "Career"; 25 Roll Jordan Roll; 26 World Book Encyclopedia: "Opposes Vietnam War" and Encyclopedia of Radio and Television Broadcasting: "Six-Day War"; 27 Is There Any Justice?; 28 Once Around Lightly and South America More or Less; 29 Abba Was I Ere I Saw Abba; 30 Yom Kippur War; 31 Dean of War Correspondents; Postscript; Epilogue; Appendix 327 $aBibliographyIndex; About the Author 330 $aDuring World War II, Robert St. John of NBC, broadcast from London opposite CBS's Edward R. Murrow. Afterward, St. John would become a noted writer and commentator on world affairs, as well as a prominent and vocal supporter of the state of Israel. In Merchant of Words: The Life of Robert St. John, Terry Fred Horowitz not only documents St. John's accomplishments and adventures but takes readers behind the scenes with St. John, who, for over three quarters of a century, served as a firsthand witness to history as it was being m 606 $aWar correspondents$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aWorld politics$y1945-1989 606 $aJournalists$zUnited States$vBiography 607 $aEurope$xHistory$y1945- 607 $aMiddle East$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aWar correspondents 615 0$aWorld politics 615 0$aJournalists 676 $a070.4/333092 700 $aHorowitz$b Terry Fred$f1933-$01582177 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787876303321 996 $aMerchant of words$93864304 997 $aUNINA