The Girl in the Picture: The Kim Phuc Story [SIGNED COPY, FIRST CANADIAN PRINTING]
by Chong, Denise
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
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- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670868175
- ISBN 13
- 9780670868179
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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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- Title
- The Girl in the Picture: The Kim Phuc Story [SIGNED COPY, FIRST CANADIAN PRINTING]
- Author
- Chong, Denise
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0670868175
- ISBN 13
- 9780670868179
- Publisher
- Viking Books
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Canada
- Date Published
- 1999
- Pages
- 373
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