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Informationen zum Autor By Terry Fred Horowitz Klappentext During 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 made in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrologueChapter 1: Growing pains in IllinoisChapter 2: You're in the Navy now!Chapter 3: "Tekla": College bound and out to walk a beatChapter 4: First scoops: "Sunny" side upChapter 5: Exposing Capone and paying the priceChapter 6: Archer aping Robert: Robert marrying EdaChapter 7: Who gets the credit?Chapter 8: "How they gonna keep him down on the farm?Chapter 9: A.P. war correspondent: Saving a Jewish familyChapter 10: Escaping the Nazis: Strafing and shrapnelChapter 11: From the Land of Silent PeopleChapter 12: Broadcasting during The Blitz: It's Always Tomorrow: D-Day: "Golden Voice of Radio"Chapter 13: Getting Truman to play the piano: First to announce end of warChapter 14: NBC wields the axe: Robert takes a mistressChapter 15: The Silent People Speak and so does Robert: "All American Award"Chapter 16: Seduced by Israel: Shalom Means Peace: Begin and the IrgunChapter 17: "Believe it or Not", Red Channels says Robert has communistic leanings: Tongue of the ProphetsChapter 18: Apartheid in Africa: Witch doctor's potion deadens earChapter 19: This Was My World: Passport taken away; Archer commits suicide; "You've had your pound of flesh:"Chapter 20: In need of some friends: Grand juryChapter 21: Ben-Gurion's "goyisha friend": Nasser's The BossChapter 22: Eichmann trial: JFK meets de Gaulle and KhrushchevChapter 23: Three books in one year -- Israel LIFE World Library - They Came from Everywhere-The Man Who Played GodChapter 24: "Gosh" a new "Career": R&RChapter 25: Roll Jordan RollChapter 26: The World Book Encyclopedia: Opposes Vietnam war: Encyclopedia of Radio and Television Broadcasting: Six Day WarChapter 27: Is there any justice? Jews Justice and JudaismChapter 28: Once Around Lightly - South America More or LessChapter 29: Abba was I ere I saw AbbaChapter 30: Yom Kippur War: Freedom of Information from the CIA, FBI and State DepartmentChapter 31: Dean of war correspondents: Despite the Witches: "Righteous Gentile": One hundred yearsPostscriptEpilogueBibliographyAbout the Author...
