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20th century journey : a memoir of a life and the times

Author: William L Shirer
Publisher: New York : Simon and Schuster, ©1976-©1990.
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A journalist and foreign correspondent recounts his childhood and youth in the United States, and his years in Europe during the 1920's.
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Shirer, William L. (William Lawrence), 1904-1993.
20th century journey.
New York : Simon and Schuster, ©1976-©1990
(OCoLC)564957400
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Shirer, William L. (William Lawrence), 1904-1993.
20th century journey.
New York : Simon and Schuster, ©1976-©1990
(OCoLC)607814337
Named Person: William L Shirer; William L Shirer; William L Shirer
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: William L Shirer
ISBN: 0671221957 9780671221959 0316787035 9780316787031 0316787132 9780316787130
OCLC Number: 1973992
Description: 3 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents: [1] The start, 1904-1930 --
[2] The nightmare years, 1930-1940 --
[3] A native's return, 1945-1988.
Responsibility: by William L. Shirer.

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