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Author:

Colman, Penny.

Title:

Where the action was : women war correspondents in World War II / Penny Colman.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Crown Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2002

Description:

x, 118 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

War correspondents--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Women war correspondents--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945--Women--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945--Journalists--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
War correspondents.
Journalists.
Women--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945.
Juvenile materials.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-113) and index.

Contents:

Setting the stage -- Prelude to World War II in Europe -- Sounding the alarm in Europe -- Europe goes to war -- The United State goes to war -- Action in North Africa and China -- Getting to Italy -- D-Day -- Action in Europe -- Advancing toward Germany -- Action in the Pacific -- Crossing the Rhine -- Winning the war -- After the war.

Summary:

The story of women war correspondent in World War II and how they reported war news. Tells about flying bombing missions, taking photographs inside Buchenwald, stowing away on D-Day hospital ships, dodging bullets on Iwo Jima, and more. Margaret Bourke-White, Nellie Bly, Lee Miller, Martha Gellhorn, Virginia Cowles, Sonia Tomara, Toni Frissell, Dickey Chapelle and more are included.

ISBN:

9780517800768 (lib. bdg.)
0517800764 (lib. bdg.)
9780517800751 (trade)
0517800756 (trade)

LCCN:

2001028689

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