America's Youngest Ambassador: The Cold War Story of Samantha Smith's Lasting Message of Peace - Hardcover

by Lena Nelson (Author)

In 1982, amid the nuclear paranoia that engulfed the US and the Soviet Union, Samantha Smith's historic letter to the Kremlin helped transform the hearts and minds of two nations on a collision course.

Author Biography

Lena Nelson is a writer, teacher and citizen historian who has spent the past seventeen years researching and documenting the story of Samantha Smith and creating www.SamanthaSmith.info, the online archive of news articles and videos about Samantha Smith. She was a nominee for the Allegra Johnson Prize and has worked with numerous news, educational, and humanitarian organizations around the world. She has degrees in international studies and linguistics; and lives with her family in Southern California.