ASSIGNED TO ADVENTURE

by Irene Kuhn ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 3, 1938

I found this one of the best of all the journalists' autobiographies -- and the first straight woman journalist's autobiography of note. Irene Kuhn has had a full life, worked the world around,and never failed to come through with vivid impressions, keen commentary, and a sense of the human element that men in the same spots might have missed. This is not a conventional account of the big events of world history seen through her eyes, but a strictly personal account of what she did, whom she met, where she went, of the scrapes she got into, the near calls, and the long chances she took. There isn't a dull page in it, and it is breezily written, better than good journalese. Sell to those who liked Negley Farson -- Journalist's Wife, rather than to those who want serious reasoned findings on today's problems.

Pub Date: March 3, 1938

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Lippincott

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 1938

Categories: NONFICTION