Ahead of Time

by Ruth Gruber

• ISBN13: 9781453203149
• ISBN10: 1453203141
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2010-10-19
• Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.

Summary

In this fascinating memoir, Ruth Gruber recalls her first twenty-five years, from her youth in Brooklyn to her astonishing academic accomplishments and groundbreaking journalistic career. She shares her experiences entering New York University at fifteen and just five years later becoming the world\u2019s youngest person to earn a PhD. She recounts her time in Cologne, Germany, studying during Hitler\u2019s rise to power, and her adventures in Europe and the Arctic as a reporter for the New York Herald Tribune.Spirited and compelling, Ahead of Time is a striking account of the early years of a woman at the center of the twentieth century\u2019s turning points.