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Whittaker Chambers: A Biography Part 1

Mr. Tanenhaus talked about his book, Whittaker Chambers: A Biography, published by Random House. Whittaker Chambers was a communist author a… read more

Mr. Tanenhaus talked about his book, Whittaker Chambers: A Biography, published by Random House. Whittaker Chambers was a communist author and Soviet agent in his youth and later became a writer at Time. He was the main witness in the case against Alger Hiss as a Soviet agent. This segment focused on Chambers’s early life and the process of writing the book. This was the first half of a two-hour interview. close

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Whittaker Chambers: A Biography Part 1

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Location:
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:
Feb 23, 1997 | 8:00pm EST | C-SPAN 1
Last Aired:
Jun 01, 2002 | 4:20am EDT | C-SPAN 1

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  • Feb 23, 1997 | 8:00pm EST | C-SPAN 1
  • Feb 23, 1997 | 11:01pm EST | C-SPAN 1
  • Feb 24, 1997 | 5:56am EST | C-SPAN 1
  • Jan 01, 1998 | 7:00pm EST | C-SPAN 1
  • Jan 02, 1998 | 3:12am EST | C-SPAN 2
  • Jun 19, 1999 | 8:00am EDT | C-SPAN 2
  • Jun 19, 1999 | 6:51pm EDT | C-SPAN 2
  • May 25, 2002 | 6:00pm EDT | C-SPAN 2
  • May 26, 2002 | 10:00am EDT | C-SPAN 2
  • Jun 01, 2002 | 4:20am EDT | C-SPAN 1
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