The Girl in the Picture; The Kim Phuc Story
by Denise Chong
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0670868175
- ISBN 13
- 9780670868179
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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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
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003448
- Title
- The Girl in the Picture; The Kim Phuc Story
- Author
- Denise Chong
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670868175
- ISBN 13
- 9780670868179
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1999
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Vietnam, napalm, Vietnam War, Kim Phuc, body burns, napalm burns, photographs, war photography, Nick Ut, South Vietnamese military bombing, Communist regime, war propaganda, bombing raid, famous photographs, anti-war photographs.
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