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Ì¢‰âÒI read in the NYTimes obituary that the inspiration for her most famous book, "The Endless Steppe," came from Adlai Stevenson of all people. Apparently he wrote articles about his visit to Rubtsovsk, the Siberian city where Mrs. Hautzig, her parents and a grandmother had spent the war. When she read the articles, she wrote to Stevenson, and he urged her to turn her memories into a book.

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