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20th Cent. Journey: The Start Part 1 Of 2
20th Cent Journey The Start Part 1 Of 2 Author:William L. Shirer Part One Of Two Parts Born in Chicago just after the turn of the century, raised in Cedar Rapids, William Shirer arrived in Paris when he was 21. His pioneering broadcasts from Nazi Germany and his best-selling books including THE RISE AND FALL OF THE THIRD REICH made him famous. THE START tells us how a young and unknown midwesterner began h... more »is trek toward the pinnacle of his profession. "Shirer's 20TH CENTURY JOURNEY is rich, evocative history; it is a fascinating memoir, full of superb anecdotes about the great and near great; it is subtle autobiography that modestly offers insights into the process by which a naive American youth became a sophisticated European correspondent and ultimately one of the premier chroniclers and analysts of our time." (Publisher's Source)« less