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American Cassandra: The Life of Dorothy Thompson
by Kurth, Peter
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- good
- ISBN 10
- 0316507245
- ISBN 13
- 9780316507240
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Boston, MA: Little Brown and Company, 1990. First Paperbk Edition. First Printing. good. 587, wraps, illus., notes and sources, index, small stains to edges, some wear and small creases to cover edges price sticker on rear cover. Extensive biography of the famous journalist and wife to Sinclair Lewis. In 1939, in a Time magazine cover story, she was called the most influential woman in America next to Eleanor Roosevelt.This book brings to life the brilliant and complicated woman behind one of the most spectacular careers in American letters, vividly recreating the backdrop of world events that this controversial journalist witnessed and helped to shape. The popular yet controversial journalist's reach extended from presidents and prime ministers to the millions who read her opinionated, hard-hitting newspaper column "On the Road."
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46557
- Title
- American Cassandra: The Life of Dorothy Thompson
- Author
- Kurth, Peter
- Book Condition
- Used - good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Paperbk Edition. First Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0316507245
- ISBN 13
- 9780316507240
- Publisher
- Little Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- Dorothy Thompson, Anti-Semitism, Joseph Bard, Sinclair Lewis, Claire Booth Luce, John Gunther, Maxim Kopf, Mowrer, Journalists
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