Pearson, Drew ___ 1897-1969 ___ American ___ writer

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Drew Pearson was born in Evanston, Illinois, but, when he was still young, the family moved to Pennsylvania, where his father went to work at Swarthmore College teaching public speaking. Pearson himself was educated at Swarthmore. In his early 20s, he went to Serbia for two years helping to rebuild houses that had been destroyed in the war. On returning to the US, he taught industrial geography before making a tour around the world, a trip financed by writing articles for newspapers. In the late 1920s, he reported from China, the Geneva Naval Conference, and the Pan-American Conference in Cuba. In 1929 he was appointed Washington correspondent for the 'Baltimore Sun', and three years later he joined the Scripps-Howard syndicate, United Features. He wrote a famous but anonymous column (with another journalist, Robert Anderson) called 'Merry-Go-Round' which was syndicated across the country and featured sensational exposes. But, when his political views (in support Franklin D Roosevelt and the New Deal, and in favour of US intervention in Europe) became increasingly censored, he moved to the 'Washington Post'. During the war, he became a radio personality, and after the war he supported the United Nations and helped to organise the Friendship Train. And then, in the early 1950s, Pearson was one of the few journalists to stand against the McCarthy policies, and is credited with playing an important role in McCarthy's downfall. In the 1960s, he was often chosen to interview national leaders; in 1962, he accompanied Kennedy to Venezuela and Columbia. He published ten books, including one of his diaries, and was widely honoured, not least with the Pulitzer Prize (with Anderson).
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DIARY DATES, CONTENT DESCRIPTORS
1949-1959 ___ political social society historyeye people

WEB TEXT LINKS
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ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LINKS
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SOME PUBLISHED TITLES
Drew Pearson: Diaries 1949-1959
 

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