548 pages, 48 illustrations, cloth, later printing, dj, very good. Much of this biography is devoted to his coverage of WWII. From the Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 'Edward Roscoe Murrow, 1908-65, American news broadcaster, b. Greensboro, N.C. He joined the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) in 1935 and became its European director two years later, assembling and training a news staff to cover the impending war. As a CBS war correspondent Murrow was noted for dramatic and accurate radio broadcasts from London during the battle of Britain. He served the network as vice president and director of public affairs and news analyst, producing and broadcasting the popular See It Now and Person to Person programs on television. Murrow was director of the U.S. Information Agency from 1961 to 1964.'

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