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Author:

Gould, Terry, 1949-

Title:

Marked for death : dying for the story in the world's most dangerous places / Terry Gould.

Publisher:

Distributed by Publishers Group West,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

389 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Journalists--Biography.
Journalists--Death.
Journalists--Violence against.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-377).

Contents:

The psychology of sacrifice -- Small town, big hell : Guillermo Bravo Vega, Colombia -- I grew up on bullets : Marlene Garcia-Esperat, Philippines -- Jewel moon and the human universe : Manik Chandra Saha, Bangladesh -- Anna had no roof : Anna Politkovskaya, Russia -- The boys from car city : Valery Ivanov and Alexei Sidorov, Russia -- Solid Khalid : Khalid W. Hassan, Iraq -- Journalism as an act of courage.

Summary:

Worldwide, nearly three-quarters of journalists who die on assignment are targeted and assassinated for their dogged pursuit of important stories of injustice. In Marked for Death, Terry Gould brings this statistic to life, documenting the lives of journalists in Colombia, the Philippines, Bangladesh, Russia, and Iraq who stayed on a story until their tragic deaths. --from publisher description

ISBN:

1582435499
9781582435497

OCLC:

(OCoLC)311763483

LCCN:

2009025597

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)