The Start, 1904-1930

The former CBS foreign correspondent provides an invaluable look back at his life—and the events that forged the twentieth century.

A renowned journalist and author of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, William L. Shirer chronicles his own life story—in a personal history that parallels the greater historical events for which he served as a witness. In the first of a three-volume series, Shirer tells of his early life, growing up in Cedar Rapids, and later serving as a new reporter in ...