Editing George Seldes

George Seldes on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Seldes wikipedia]


Born in New Jersey, Seldes is a self-educated man who began as a cub reporter in Pittsburgh when he was only 19 years old.  He moved to London shortly after the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I Great War] began and, when the United States entered the fray a year later, served as a war correspondant for one of the major newspaper syndicates.  He moved all over Europe in those years and after the war ended conducted a series of interivews with generals and heads of state, including one with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Lenin Lenin] in 1922 that led to his expulsion from the Soviet Union a year later.

Seldes first met our [[Intrepid Explorers]] while they were riding the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orient_Express Orient Express] to Vienna.  Seldes was en route to Italy to write about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini Mussolini] and the rise of fascism.


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