Eugene Burns

Eugene Burns was an American author and war correspondent (b. Eugene Burnstein in Estonia). He died in August 1957, at the age of 52, during a street mob revolt in Baghdad, Iraq.^[1]

Personal

Burns was born in Moscow. Before working in Iraq, Burns lived in Sausalito, California.^[1] Burns was married to his wife Olga.^[1]

Career

He started out his career as a newsman and later worked as a correspondent for the Associated Press in the Soviet Union, China, and Pacific during World War II. He also wrote a number of books on animals and fishing and was the author of the column, "Is That So?", which covered wildlife.^[1]

Bibliography

• The Last King of Paradise (Pellegrini and Cudahy, 1952)
• Then there was one: The U.S.S. Enterprise and the first year of war (1944)

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