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The Girl in the Picture: The Kim Phuc Story [SIGNED COPY, FIRST CANADIAN PRINTING]

The Girl in the Picture: The Kim Phuc Story [SIGNED COPY, FIRST CANADIAN PRINTING]

The Girl in the Picture: The Kim Phuc Story [SIGNED COPY, FIRST CANADIAN
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The Girl in the Picture: The Kim Phuc Story [SIGNED COPY, FIRST CANADIAN PRINTING]

by Chong, Denise

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9780670868179
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Toronto, Canada: Viking Books, 1999. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good in very good dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed/dated 'For Christine Otto, with highest regards' by author on title page. 1st Canadian edition, 1st printing, complete number line. Dust jacket has some edgewear. 373 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Previous owner s gift inscription on first free endpaper. Book has bumping to the corners and the bottom of the spine. The lifestory of the subject of the iconic Vietnam War photo showing children running from a napalm attack. By the author of Lives of the Family: Stories of Fate and Circumstance and Egg on Mao: The Story of an Ordinary Man Who Defaced an Icon and Unmasked a Dictatorship. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.

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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
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Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
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Very Good
Quantity Available
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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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