Leland Stowe
Leland Stowe (November 10, 1899 – January 16, 1994) was a
Biography
Stowe was born in
In the summer of 1933, Stowe visited Nazi Germany. Shocked by its militarism, he wrote a series of critical articles that were not published as the articles were seen as too alarmist. Stowe published the articles in a book, Nazi Germany Means War; it was, however, not a success.[2]
When
Stowe's critical reportage was claimed to be one of the influences that helped bring down Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain in the United Kingdom.[4] His writings also gave the Norwegian government-in-exile considerable bad media coverage. It was quite often an image-problem, that C. J. Hambro worked actively towards correcting, working in exile.[5]
Stowe kept on working as a correspondent during the war, covering 44 countries on four continents.
In 1955, he became a professor of journalism at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. During his tenure, he alternated between teaching one semester each academic year and working as an editor and staff writer for Reader's Digest. During this time he heard about a pioneering settler in British Columbia named Ralph Edwards and spent 12 days in his remote cabin interviewing him for the book Crusoe of Lonesome Lake (1957) which became one of Stowe's most popular books.
He taught at the university until he retired in 1970, after which he was a professor emeritus of journalism. He remained in Ann Arbor until his death.
In addition to the Pulitzer Prize, Stowe also received the
Bibliography
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- Nazi Germany Means War (1933)
- The Loyalists Can Still Win (1938)
- No Other Road to Freedom (1941)
- A Lesson from the Greeks (1942)
- They Shall Not Sleep (1944)
- Are You Voting for a Third World War? (1944)
- Challenge to Freedom (1945)
- While Time Remains (1946)
- Target: You (1949)
- Conquest By Terror: The Story of Satellite Europe (1952)
- Stowe, Leland (1953). "What's wrong with our women?". In Birmingham, Frederic A. (ed.). The girls from Esquire. London: Arthur Barker. pp. 233–248.
- Crusoe of Lonesome Lake (1957)
- "When the Saints Come Singing In" Reader's Digest 106 (April 1975) : 45–50
- The Last Great Frontiersman: The Remarkable Adventures of Tom Lamb (1982)
References
- ^ Elizabeth A. Brennan, Elizabeth C. Clarage. Who's Who of Pulitzer Prize Winners, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1999. pg. 70
- ^ "A Clairvoyant in Connecticut: How Leland Stowe Forecasted a Second World War", article from The Wesleyan Argus, 17 April 2018
- ^ Obituary from the University of Michigan
- ^ "Orbituary", University of Michigan, "Reporting for the Chicago Daily News, and later ABC, he covered the Russian invasion of Finland; revealed the collaboration of Norwegian Vidkun Quisling in helping the Nazis seize Oslo without a shot; recounted the British debacle at Trondheim, Norway, which helped to weaken the government of British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain"
- ^ "- Det var forræderi i Norge ...", article in the Norwegian newspaper VG, by Guri Hjeltnes, 11 April 2005
- ^ "Inventory of the Leland Stowe Papers, 1929-1988". www.newberry.org. Archived from the original on 2007-04-25.
- ^ "Leland Stowe, 94; War Correspondent Won 1930 Pulitzer", New York Times, 18. January 1994
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