Living in the heady afterglow of Freud, they subjected themselves to frank, critical scrutiny and argued about love, war, sex, death, and everything in between. Alongside these backstage glimpses into the halls of power, they left another equally incredible set of records. In those tumultuous years, they landed exclusive interviews with Hitler and Mussolini, Nehru and Gandhi, and helped shape what Americans knew about the world. Knickerbocker, Vincent Sheean, and Dorothy Thompson.
Last Call at the Hotel Imperial is the extraordinary story of John Gunther, H. While empires collapsed and fledgling democracies faltered, they chased deposed empresses, international financiers, and Balkan gun-runners, and then knocked back doubles late into the night. As cub reporters in the 1920s, they roamed across a war-ravaged world, sometimes perched atop mules on wooden saddles, sometimes gliding through countries in the splendor of a first-class sleeper car. As cub reporters in the 1920s, they roamed across a war-ravaged world, s They were an astonishing group: glamorous, gutsy, and irreverent to the bone. They were an astonishing group: glamorous, gutsy, and irreverent to the bone. Enter for a chance to win a copy of LAST CALL AT THE HOTEL IMPERIAL by Deborah Cohen.
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