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(1932-2023) Journalist. Jerrold Schecter was born in New York City and died in Washington, District of Columbia.

Full Name

Jerrold Schecter

Locations

Bronx

Author's Timeline

Unknown

RESIDENCE

As a child, Mr. Schecter lived in the Bronx, New York and graduated from James Monroe High School.

1932

BIRTH

Jerrold Leonard Schecter was born in New York City on November 27, 1932.

1975

LITWORK

An American Family in Moscow
Little, Brown; 1st edition (January 1, 1975)
0316773018 / 978-0316773010
Memoir written with his wife and children.

1986

LITWORK

The Palace File
Harper & Row; 1st edition (January 1, 1986)
0060156406 / 978-0060156404
Nonfiction written with Nguyen Tien Hung.

1988

LITWORK

Back in the U.S.S.R.: An American Family Returns to Moscow
Scribner (January 5, 1989)
0684189968 / 978-0684189963
Memoir written with Leona Schecter, Evelind Schecter, and Michael Shafer.

1994

LITWORK

Special Tasks: The Memoirs of an Unwanted Witness--a Soviet Spymaster
Little Brown & Co.; 1st edition (January 1, 1994)
0316773522 / 978-0316773522
Nonfiction written with Pavel Sudoplatov, Anatoli Sudoplatov, Leona P. Schecter.

2002

LITWORK

Sacred Secrets: How Soviet Intelligence Operations Changed American History
Potomac Books Inc.; 1st edition (May 28, 2002)
1574883275 / 978-1574883275
Nonfiction written with Leona Schecter.

2023

DEATH

Jerrold Schecter died at his home in Washington, District of Columbia, on February 6, 2023.

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