Shirer, William L. (1904-1993)
A globe-trotting newspaperman and author of 15 major works of fiction and history, William L. Shirer is best known for his pioneering work as a radio newscaster during E...
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An eyewitness to many of the critical events in Europe in the 1930s, William L. Shirer (1904-1993) reported the key developments leading to World War II and wrote widely on the history of Nazi Germany...
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William Lawrence Shirer, historian and novelist, was born in Chicago to Seward Smith Shirer, a United States assistant district attorney, and Josephine Tanner Shirer. After his father's death in 1913,...
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