I Went to the Soviet Arctic

New York: Simon and Schuster. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. [very nice copy, the book itself just lightly worn at the spine ends and bottom corners (actually a review copy, with the original publisher's reply postcard laid in); jacket has just one tiny chip and a couple of itsy-bitsy tears at the bottom of the front panel, light soiling on the rear panel]. The first book by this veteran journalist and photographer, who went on assignment from the New York Herald Tribune (for whom she had been reporting since 1932) to investigate "the status of women in the Soviet Union." In the course of her travels she covered 6,000 miles by plane and boat, making observations and conducting "countless interviews with all classes and types from high government officials to Trotskyists and exiled kulaks." Ms. Gruber, who lived to the grand old age of 105 (she died in 2016), was deeply involved during and immediately after World War II with the fortunes of Jewish refugees, in particular with a secret mission, undertaken on behalf of the U.S. Government, to bring 1,000 refugees to the United States. Her 1983 book "Haven," about this episode, served as the basis for a 2001 TV-movie starring Natasha Richardson as Gruber. (She also wrote a number of books about Israel during the country's formative years.) She was also the subject of a documentary, AHEAD OF TIME, released in 2010, and there have been several museum exhibits of her photojournalism. **** NOTE that this book is slightly heavier than average, and therefore additional shipping charges will apply for international shipping, or for Priority Mail service in the U.S.; if this concerns you, please contact us for a shipping quote before placing your order. **** .