Inside of Time : My Journey from Alaska to Israel

by GRUBER RUTH

• ISBN13: 9780786713677
• ISBN10: 0786713674
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-03-24
• Publisher: Perseus Books Group

Summary

Inside of Time is a memoir that comprises the vivid recollections of Ruth Gruber, award-winning writer and a pioneering eyewitness to history. Her sixteenth book since the 1930s, it chronicles her intimate friendships with luminaries of the century, her encounters with the native peoples of Alaska, and her work in Israel as the nation was born. Gruber presents a unique personal philosophyliving inside of timethat has enabled her to forge a trailblazer's life and contribute decades of unique service to humanity. Now she looks back on life from the age of ninety-one, creating a book that all readers eager to learn about the human side of global events will treasure. 16 pages of photographs add to this fascinating life story including the likes of Eleanor Roosevelt, Harold Ickes, and Golda Meir.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xii
Alaska
Miss Gruber Goes to Washington	p. 5
FDR and Eleanor Hold Separate Press Conferences	p. 12
A Controversial Bath	p. 24
Schoolmarms and Whores	p. 30
Anchorage Booms	p. 38
The Silver Bullet	p. 46
Sailing Down the Yukon River	p. 55
The Rime of the Brooklyn Mariner	p. 62
Nome	p. 67
Learning to Live Inside of Time	p. 73
The Mad Cruise of the Atalanta	p. 78
The Pribilof Islands	p. 82
On My Way to the Top of the World	p. 91
Preparing for War	p. 99
December 7, 1941	p. 108
Washington in Wartime
The War Became a Member of the Wedding	p. 119
The Army Lays the Canol Pipeline to Fuel the Alcan Highway and Strike at Japan	p. 137
Helen Rogers Reid and the Herald Tribune Forum	p. 146
The Road to Haven	p. 158
Oswego	p. 165
War Comes to the Waldorf Astoria	p. 170
The End of the War	p. 176
Panic Spreads	p. 180
The DP Camps and Israel
Off to Europe	p. 191
"We Want to Go, We Must Go, We Will Go to Palestine"	p. 202
Collecting Stories from DPs	p. 209
Nuremberg: Trial of the Century	p. 217
Arrested by Czech Police	p. 223
A Press Blackout in Vienna	p. 227
From Cairo to Jerusalem	p. 232
"If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem"	p. 244
We Visit the King	p. 254
All's Well That Ends Well?	p. 258
"1947: The Fateful Year"	p. 264
The Last Committee	p. 271
Storming Acre Prison	p. 282
Exodus 1947	p. 286
Cyprus and Port de Bouc	p. 291
A Line of Fire and Blood	p. 301
The Birth of Israel
The Nation is Born, The War Begins	p. 309
Life as a War Correspondent	p. 315
Brushes with Death, Brushes with Greatness	p. 321
Falling in Love in Puerto Rico	p. 327
Mr. Bevin and Mrs. Reid	p. 335
The Wedding	p. 341
Eleanor Visits the Holy Land	p. 349
Acknowledgments	p. 353
Appendix	p. 355
Index	p. 371
About the Author	p. 382
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