Ivan the Bear
A native of Macedonia who became an American citizen in 1924, STOYAN CHRISTOWE covered the Balkans for the Chicago Daily News in 1927 and 1928 and utilized his knowledge of Eastern Europe when he served as Adviser on Balkan Affairs for our Military Intelligence in 1942-1944. Since the war, Mr. Christowe has been living at West Dover. Vermont, whence came his volume of American reminiscences, My American Pilgrimage, which was published in 1947 under the Atlantic-Little, Brown imprint.