12 Facts About John Gunther

John Gunther was an American journalist and writer.

John Gunther's success came primarily by a series of popular sociopolitical works, known as the "Inside" books, including the best-selling Inside USA in 1947.

John Gunther was the first child of a German-American family: his father was Eugene Guenther, a traveling salesman; his mother Lizette Schoeninger Guenther.

John Gunther worked briefly in the city as a reporter for the Chicago Daily News, but he soon moved to Europe to be a correspondent with the Daily News London bureau, where he covered Europe, the Balkans, and the Middle East.

John Gunther met Frances Fineman in London in 1925 and the two were married in 1927.

John Gunther married Jane Perry Vandercook in 1948; the two adopted a son.

John Gunther died in New York City, on May 22,2020, at the age of 103.

John Gunther had been widowed for a week shy of half a century.

For each book, John Gunther traveled extensively through the area the book covered, interviewed political, social, and business leaders; talked with average people; reviewed area statistics; and then wrote a lengthy overview of what he had learned and how he interpreted it.

In 1947, John Gunther tackled Inside USA, visiting all 48 states.

The book for which John Gunther is best remembered today does not deal with politics.

John Gunther portrays his son as a remarkable young man, who had corresponded intelligently with Albert Einstein about physics.