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The Girl in the Picture; The Kim Phuc Story

The Girl in the Picture; The Kim Phuc Story

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The Girl in the Picture; The Kim Phuc Story

by Chong, Denise (Biography of Phan Thi Kim Phuc.)

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9780670868179
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Toronto: Viking [0-670-86817-5] 1999, 1st edition. (Hardcover) 373pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Tables, maps, photographs. "The Girl in the Picture is the sensitive and timely story of Kim Phuc - the nine-year-old Vietnamese child who was the subject of one of the most famous photographs ever taken. The daughter of well-off South Vietnamese parents, Kim's life changed dramatically and forever when the South Vietnamese military mistakenly bombed the highly outside her village with napalm". Biography of Phan Thi Kim Phuc. Book about Kim Phuc. Time Period 1961-1975. (Military, Children, Photojournalism, Vietnam War).

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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
Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB CA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
The Girl in the Picture; The Kim Phuc Story
Author
Chong, Denise (Biography of Phan Thi Kim Phuc.)
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used
Quantity Available
1
ISBN 10
0670868175
ISBN 13
9780670868179
Publisher
Viking
Place of Publication
Toronto
This edition first published
1999
Keywords
Military, Children, Photojournalism, Vietnam War
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Military;

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