The Girl in the Picture
by Chong, Denise
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0743208471
- ISBN 13
- 9780743208475
- Seller
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Hyde, Cheshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Synopsis
On June 8, 1972, nine-year-old Kim Phuc, severely burned by napalm, ran from her blazing village in South Vietnam and into the eye of history. Her photograph-one of the most unforgettable images of the twentieth century-was seen around the world and helped turn public opinion against the Vietnam War.This book is the story of how that photograph came to be-and the story of what happened to that girl after the camera shutter closed. Award-winning biographer Denise Chong's portrait of Kim Phuc-who eventually defected to Canada and is now a UNESCO spokesperson-is a rare look at the Vietnam War from the Vietnamese point-of-view and one of the only books to describe everyday life in the wake of this war and to probe its lingering effects on all its participants.
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- Bookseller
- Godley Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 025877
- Title
- The Girl in the Picture
- Author
- Chong, Denise
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0743208471
- ISBN 13
- 9780743208475
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- Vietnam War, Kim Phuc, Napalm,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military; History;
- Size
- 9.5 x 6.25 inches
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