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The Girl in the Picture: The Story of Kim Phuc, the Photograph, and the Vietnam War

The Girl in the Picture: The Story of Kim Phuc, the Photograph, and the Vietnam War - Paperback

by Denise Chong
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Availability:In StockContributor:Denise ChongAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2001-08-01Pages:400
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780140280210ISBN-10:140280219UPC:9780140280210Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Historical, Women, Wars & ConflictsBook Topic:Vietnam WarSize:7.90 x 5.30 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCJBPG254X
"More than any other Vietnam book in recent years, The Girl in the Picture confronts us with the ceaseless, ever-compounding casualties of modern warfare." --The San Francisco Chronicle

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.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780140280210ISBN-10:140280219UPC:9780140280210Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Historical, Women, Wars & ConflictsBook Topic:Vietnam WarSize:7.90 x 5.30 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCJBPG254X
Denise Chong is the author of The Concubine's Children (Viking and Penguin), a Book-of-the-Month Club selection. She is the editor of The Penguin Anthology of Stories by Canadian Women and lives in Ottawa, Ontario, with her husband and two children.
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group

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