Barbara W. Tuchman (Dictionary of World Biography: The 20th Century)
Early Life
Barbara Wertheim would later recall having witnessed the first naval engagement of World
War I when she was two years old. The event occurred in the Mediterranean as she traveled with
her parents to visit her grandfather, who was then serving as U.S. Ambassador to Turkey. Her
historical interests never wavered afterward, although they were reinforced during her childhood
by the popular historical adventures recounted in Lucy Fitch Perkins’ famous Twins series,
as well as in books of the same genre by [The entire page is 2313 words long]
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