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'''Edgar Snow''' (1905-1972) was an independent [[journalist]] known for his sympathetic reporting on the [[Chinese]] [[communist]]s.<ref>http://www.foreignaffairs.org/19890301fabook7428/john-hamilton-maxwell/edgar-snow-a-biography.html</ref> His writings remain the the most detailed firsthand account of the communist movement in China before its rise to power. After working for local newspapers and graduating from the University of Missouri School of Journalism at Columbia University in [[New York]], Snow traveled to China to work as an assistant editor of the China Weekly Review in [[Shanghai]].  

'''Edgar Snow''' (1905-1972) was an independent [[journalist]] known for his sympathetic reporting on the [[Chinese]] [[communist]]s.<ref>http://www.foreignaffairs.org/19890301fabook7428/john-hamilton-maxwell/edgar-snow-a-biography.html</ref> His writings remain the most detailed firsthand account of the communist movement in China before its rise to power. After working for local newspapers and graduating from the University of Missouri School of Journalism at Columbia University in [[New York]], Snow traveled to China to work as an assistant editor of the China Weekly Review in [[Shanghai]].  

He moved to China in 1933 (the same year he published his first book) to teach at Yenching University. In addition to his work with The China Weekly Review, Snow began reporting for the [[Chicago Tribune]], [[Daily Herald]], and the [[New York Sun]]. In 1939, Snow formulated his second book, Red Star Over China, through a series of interviews with Communist revolutionaries.<ref>http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200507/20/eng20050720_197179.html</ref> After publishing  Battle for Asia (1941), a book which documented World War II, he become a war corespondent for the  Saturday Evening Post and covered both [[China]] and the [[Soviet Union]].  

He moved to China in 1933 (the same year he published his first book) to teach at Yenching University. In addition to his work with The China Weekly Review, Snow began reporting for the [[Chicago Tribune]], [[Daily Herald]], and the [[New York Sun]]. In 1939, Snow formulated his second book, Red Star Over China, through a series of interviews with Communist revolutionaries.<ref>http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200507/20/eng20050720_197179.html</ref> After publishing  Battle for Asia (1941), a book which documented World War II, he become a war correspondent for the  Saturday Evening Post and covered both [[China]] and the [[Soviet Union]].  

Snow returned to the [[United States]] after the war, but was forced to move to [[Switzerland]] after being accused of being a communist by [[Joseph McCarthy]].<ref>http://www.umkc.edu/University_Archives/INVTRY/EPS/EPS-INTRO.HTM</ref> He died in Switzerland on February 15, 1972.

Snow returned to the [[United States]] after the war, but was forced to move to [[Switzerland]] after being accused of being a communist by [[Joseph McCarthy]].<ref>http://www.umkc.edu/University_Archives/INVTRY/EPS/EPS-INTRO.HTM</ref> He died in Switzerland on February 15, 1972.