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Whittaker Chambers: A Biography Part 1
1997-02-23T20:00:31-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvNzhlXC8xOTk3MDIyMzIwMDEzNzAwMV9oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==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.
Mr. Tanenhaus talked about his book, Whittaker Chambers: A Biography, published by Random House. Whittaker Chambers was a communist author and…
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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
Mr. Tanenhaus talked about his book, Whittaker Chambers: A Biography, published by Random House. Whittaker Chambers was a communist author and… 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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