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The Girl in the Picture; The Kim Phuc Story

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 Denise Chong

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  • Hardcover
  • Signed
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ISBN 10
0670868175
ISBN 13
9780670868179
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New York, NY: Viking, 1999 Viking, New York. 1999. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing. Signed by the subject of the book, Kim Phuc, on the title page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for gift inscription on FFFP. Book Condition: Near Fine; light wear on tail from shelving. DJ: Fine. Gray boards with blue overlay on spine white lettering on the spine. 373 pp. This is the story of Kim Phuc, the nine-year-old Vietnamese child who was the subject of one of the most famous photographs ever taken that became a major support for the American anti-war effort. A deeply moving, hauntingly provocative story of how war effects the soul and how an extraordinary photo transformed an identity. A clean pristine copy.

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 (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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Biographies;

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About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White

Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.

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