TYPED LETTER TO EDUCATOR HAROLD RUGG SIGNED BY JEWISH AMERICAN JOURNALIST LOUIS FISCHER. by Fischer, Louis. (1896-1970). Jewish American journalist and author who worked for The Nation - 1950.
by Fischer, Louis. (1896-1970). Jewish American journalist and author who worked for The Nation
TYPED LETTER TO EDUCATOR HAROLD RUGG SIGNED BY JEWISH AMERICAN JOURNALIST LOUIS FISCHER.
by Fischer, Louis. (1896-1970). Jewish American journalist and author who worked for The Nation
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Fischer replies to an invitation from Rugg to speak at one of Rugg's luncheon forums at Teachers College of Columbia University. He also writes "Your praise of my Gandhi book is very heartening. This is the real recompense for the work and heart one puts into such a task". Fischer's "The Life of Mahatma Gandhi" on which the Academy Award-winning film was based was published in 1950. Rugg replies confirming the date Fischer has suggested for the talk.
Louis Fischer [1896-1970] was a Jewish American journalist. Between 1917 and 1938, Fischer spent periods abroad, joining the Jewish Legion military unit based in Palestine and, while working for the New York Evening Post and The Nation, was in Berlin and Moscow. He also covered the Spanish Civil War and for a time was a member of the International Brigade. He was initially sympathetic to Communism, attracting criticism for supporting the Soviet denial of the 1932-33 famine in Ukraine. Subsequently his disillusion with Communism was reflected in his contribution to "The God That Failed" [1949]. In 1938 he settled in New York City and continued working for The Nation. Among his published works were an autobiography "Men in Politics" and books on the Soviet Union, Stalin, Lenin and the Spanish Civil War.
Harold Rugg [1886-1960] was a professor of education at Teachers College of Columbia University. A civil engineer, he became interested in how students learn and pursued a doctorate in education. He was responsible for producing the first series of school textbooks from 1929 until the 1940s.
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- Publisher New York: October 4, 1950.
- Date Published 1950.
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