Covering the Cold War and Other Shadows in the Land of the Midnight Sun

A Young Reporter Wants So Badly To Be A Foreign Correspondent That He Leaves His Job In The U.S. And Heads For Scandinavia To Try His Luck. He Encounters A Weird White World And Quickly Finds Himself Covering The Cold War Between Finland And The Soviet Union For Which He Is Denounced In Pravda. He Finds Himself Writing For A Journalistic Giant The New York Herald-Tribune But Which Pays A Pittance For His Stories. He Covers Events In Sweden Finland Norway And Denmark Meeting Such People As A Nobel Peace Prize Winner A Norwegian War Hero A Singer/Movie Actress A Prime Minister And A Host Of Other Interesting Characters. He Also Meets And Marries The Girl Of His Dreams. Then Just As His Money Is About To Run Out He Unexpectedly Wins A Prestigious And Lucrative Journalism Award That Brings Him Back To The U. S. And Recognition As A Full-Ledged Foreign Correspondent. Told In Letters And Rememberances It Is A Story Of Suceeding Against The Odds In The Land Of The Midnight Sun.