Nazi Hunter, Simon Wiesenthal

by Iris Noble

Presents an account of the activities of Simon Wiesenthal who has been instrumental in locating and prosecuting members of the Nazi SS, many of whom disappeared at the end of World War II.

158 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 1979

About the author

Born in Canada to American parents, Mrs. Noble grew up on a horse ranch, then reclaimed her American citizenship at eleven when she and her parents moved to Portland, Oregon. After studying English at the University of Oregon, she lived in California and worked as a secretary at a radio station while taking a few graduate classes at Stanford University. In 1941, she married Hollister Noble, also an author, and moved with him to New York City, where she began her free-lance career writing magazine articles and later books.

Although Ms. Noble wrote quite a few novels, she is probably most noted for her biographies for young adults. She was recognized by the Commonwealth of California in 1962 for First Ambulance Surgeon: Emily Barringer (1962). In 1983, Tingambato: Adventure in Archeology (1982) was awarded a silver medal by the New York Academy of Sciences. Another famous biography, Joseph Pulitzer: A Front Page Pioneer (1957), has since been translated into over 5 languages. She died on June 30, 1986 in Patzcuaro, Mexico.

Reviews

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very exciting

[Parker Havrilenko · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall I really enjoyed Nazi Hunter, Simon Wiesenthal by Iris Noble. It is suspenseful, interesting, and a neat piece of history. It was amazing seeing how Simon survived death from nearly starving to death and weighing less than eighty pounds to almost freezing to death in the cold. Then the fact that he dedicated his life to track down those terrible SS men who did this to him and murdered thousands of people. I loved this book and recommend this to anyone who enjoys a good interesting book that doesn't take forever to read.

[Efrain Guzman-Rosario · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read this during my Junior High School years