Research Catalog

Title

War torn : stories of war from the women reporters who covered Vietnam / Tad Bartimus [and others] ; introduction by Gloria Emerson.

Publication

New York : Random House, ©2002.

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Details

Additional Authors

Bartimus, Tad.

Description

xxvii, 291 pages : illustrations, 1 map; 25 cm

Summary

Acclaimed female journalists--including Tad Bartimus, Denby Fawcett, Jurate Kazickas, Edith Lederer, Kate Webb, and Tracy Wood--speak out about their personal and professional experiences as reporters covering the Vietnam War.

Subject

• 1961 - 1975
• Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Personal narratives, American
• Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Journalists
• Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Photography
• Women journalists > United States
• Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975 > Journalistes
• Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975 > Photographie
• Femmes journalistes > États-Unis
• Journalists
• Photography
• Women journalists
• Amerikanerin
• Erlebnisbericht
• Journalistin
• Vietnamkrieg
• United States

Genre/Form

• Personal Narrative
• Personal narratives.
• Personal narratives – American.
• Récits personnels.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction : Remembering women war correspondents in Vietnam / Gloria Emerson -- Walking point (1966-67, 1972-73) / Denby Fawcett -- Vietnam is where I found my family (1966-70, 1972-74) / Ann Bryan Mariano -- Highpockets (1967-69, 1970-73, 1975) / Kate Webb -- My love affair with Vietnam (1967, 1969-75) / Anne Morrissy Merick -- These hills called Khe Sanh (1967-68) / Jurate Kazickas -- My first war (1972-73) / Edith Lederer -- In-country (1973-74) / Tad Bartimus -- Spies, lovers, and prisoners of war (1972-74) / Tracy Wood -- Mystery is the precinct where I found peace (1972-74, 1975) / Laura Palmer.

ISBN

• 0375506284
• 9780375506284

LCCN

2002069922

OCLC

• 50423913
• SCSB-10741996

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library