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Gellhorn:
A Twentieth Century Life
by Caroline Moorehead
Book Description: The first major biography of legendary war correspondent
Martha Gellhorn, whose life provides a unique and thrilling perspective
on world history in an extraordinary time
Martha Gellhorn's heroic career as a reporter brought her to the front
lines of virtually every significant international conflict between the
Spanish Civil War and the end of the Cold War. The preeminent-and often
the only-female correspondent on the scene, she broke new ground for women
in the male preserve of journalism. Her wartime dispatches, marked by a
passionate desire to expose suffering in its many guises and an inimitable
immediacy, rank among the best of the twentieth century.
A deep-seated love of travel complemented this interest in world affairs.
From her birth in St. Louis in 1908 to her death in London in 1998, Gellhorn
passed through Africa, Cuba, China, and most of the great cities of Europe,
recording her experiences in first-rate travel writing and fiction. A tall,
glamorous blonde, she made friends easily-among the boldface names that
populated her life were Eleanor Roosevelt, Leonard Bernstein, and H. G.
Wells-but she was as incapable of settling into comfortable long-term relationships
as she was of sitting still, and happiness often eluded her despite her
professional success. Both of her marriages ended badly-the first, to Ernest
Hemingway, publicly so.
Drawn from extensive interviews and with exclusive access to Gellhorn's
papers and correspondence, this seminal biography spans half the globe
and almost an entire century to offer an exhilarating, intimate portrait
of one of the defining women of our times.
Hardcover from Henry Holt & Company, Inc.
Book Published: October, 2003 |
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The
Face of War
by Martha Gellhorn
Martha Gellhorn (1908-1998) was a war correspondent for nearly fifty
years. From the Spanish Civil War in 1937 through the wars in Central America
in the mid-eighties, her candid reports reflected her feelings for people
no matter what their political ideologies, and the openness and vulnerability
of her conscience. "I wrote very fast, as I had to," she says, "afraid
that I would forget the exact sound, smell, words, gestures, which were
special to this moment and this place." Whether in Java,... The Publisher
Paperback from Atlantic Monthly Press
Book Published: March, 1988 |
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Point
of No Return
by Martha Gellhorn
Paperback from Univ of Nebraska Pr
Book Published: May, 1995 |
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The
Weather in Africa
by Martha Gellhorn
Hardcover from Dodd Mead
Book Published: February, 1980
The Short Novels
by Martha Gellhorn
Hardcover from Vintage/Ebury (A Division of Random House
Group)
Book Published: 14 October, 1991
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Love
Goes to Press: A Comedy in Three Acts
by Martha Gellhorn, Virginia Cowles, Sandra Spanier
Hardcover from Univ of Nebraska Pr
Book Published: May, 1995
Liana
by Martha Gellhorn
Paperback from Viking Press
Book Published: August, 1987
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