Reporting Under Fire: 16 Daring Women War Correspondents and Photojournalists Volume 9

by Kerrie Logan Hollihan

Book Overview

An NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2015

Martha Gellhorn jumped at the chance to fly from Hong Kong to Lashio to report firsthand for Collier's Weekly on the conflict between China and Japan. When she boarded the "small tatty plane" she was handed "a rough brown blanket and a brown paper bag for throwing up." The flight took 16 hours, stopping to refuel twice, and was forced to dip and bob through Japanese occupied...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1613747101
• ISBN13: 9781613747100
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12