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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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The Girl in the Picture: The Story of Kim Phuc, the Photograph, and the Vietnam War, Denise Chong
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- Released
- 2001
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- Very Good
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- €4.39
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Denise Chong
- Released
- 2001
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 373
- ISBN10
- 0140280219
- ISBN13
- 9780140280210
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Historical Themes, History, True Stories, Biographies, Political Science & Politics, Politics, Autobiographies & Memoirs, USA, Military History, Military Fiction, Wars, Asia, Girls, Canada, Photos, Escape, Studying, Survival, Communism, Experiences, Journalists, Forgiveness, Cuba, Vietnam, Printing
- Original title
- The girl in the picture
- Rating
- 3.95 out of 5
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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.