Cecil Brown: The Murrow Boy Who Became Broadcasting's Crusader for Truth

by Reed W Smith

The son of Jewish immigrants, war correspondent Cecil Brown (1907-1987) was a member of CBS' esteemed Murrow Boys. Expelled from Italy and Singapore for reporting the facts, he witnessed the Nazi invasion of Yugoslavia and the war in North Africa, and survived the sinking of the British battleship HMS Repulse by a Japanese submarine. Back in the U.S., he became an influential commentator during the years when Americans sought a dispassionate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476672024
• ISBN13: 9781476672021
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher