World War II on the Air: Edward R. Murrow and the Broadcasts That Riveted a Nation

Alex Lubertozzi,Mark Bernstein,Dan Rather

ISBN 10: 1402200269 / ISBN 13: 9781402200267

Published by Sourcebooks Inc, 2003

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This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: World War II on the Air: Edward R. Murrow and the Broadcasts That Riveted a Nation
• Publisher: Sourcebooks Inc
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1402200269
• ISBN 13: 9781402200267
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Acceptable

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Synopsis

The journalists and the reports that brought World War II to life share accounts of the London Blitz, Eric Sevareid's parachuting over Burma from a crippled aircraft, Howard K. Smith's narrow escape from Nazi Germany on December 6, 1941, and more, in a volume that also includes an audio CD of the actual radio reports of the time. 50,000 first printing.

About the Author

Mark Bernstein writes on history and biography, and is the author of Grand Eccentrics, New Bremen and Gentleman Amateurs. His magazine work has appeared in Smithsonian, American Heritage of Invention & Technology and elsewhere. He was for many years a contributing editor of OHIO magazine. He lives in Yellow Springs, Ohio.

Alex Lubertozzi has been a writer and editor for more than ten years, and is the coauthor of The Complete War of the Worlds. He has written articles for Screen, Small Press, and was a contributing editor for the pop-culture ’zine Pure. He has been the editorial manager of Sourcebooks MediaFusion since 2001. He lives in Oak Park, Illinois.

Dan Rather has been anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News since 1981. A reporter with CBS since 1962, he has covered the JFK assassination, the civil rights movement and the wars in Vietnam, Afghanistan, the Persian Gulf and Yugoslavia. He has served as a CBS News bureau chief in London and Saigon, and a correspondent for 60 Minutes, 60 Minutes II and 48 Hours. He is the author of The American Dream, Deadlines & Datelines, and The Camera Never Blinks.