An accidental journalist [[electronic resource] ] : the adventures of Edmund Stevens, 1934-1945 / / Cheryl Heckler

• Autore: Heckler Cheryl <1959->
• Pubblicazione: Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (305 p.)
• Disciplina: 070.92; B
• Soggetto topico: Journalists - United States
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-283) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- 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 -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: "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.
• Titolo autorizzato: An accidental journalist
• ISBN: 0-8262-6613-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823436303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II