Girl in the Picture : The Remarkable Story of Vietnam's Most Famous Casualty by Chong, Denise

Simon & Schuster Australia, 2000-09-01. Sixth Printing. Paperback. Very Good++. 9x5x1. VG++ condition clean tight and bright. Appears unread. Spine is smooth and un-creased

Simon & Schuster, London, 2000. First Edition. Softcover (Photographic). Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. Foreword by author and acknowledgements. Between pages 182 and 183 there are eight pages of black-and-white photographs. Photographic paperback binding with black and white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. "There can be no more appalling or universal image of war than the photograph of the girl running naked and screaming from a napalm attack on her village during the Vietnam war. Her outstretched, burned arms and the scream of pain captured on her lips haunted a generation and changed America's attitude towards its involvement in Vietnam." – from the rear panel blurb. The girl in the picture was Kim Phuc, and this book tells her story. A little creasing of the book corners with rubbing of the book edges and panels. Age toning of the text block edges and pages. Full Number Line. Size: Trade Paperback. [6], VII - X 372, [2] pages,. Please… Read More

London: Simon & Schuster. 2000. Very Good condition. Bookseller stamp/label to title page. Light Creasing to front cover. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages. 372 pages. Denise Chong has written one of the only detailed, humanistic accounts of everyday life in the wake of the Vietnam War, as well as an analyssi of the aftermath of celebrity and the power of an image. . 1st Edition. Trade Paperback.

Simon & Schuster, Australia, 2000. Trade Paperback. Good. Trade Paperback. 372 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Simon & Schuster, Australia, 2000. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Edges of covers have superficial edgewear and corners are moderately bumped. Spine has minimal reading creases. . Edges of pages are reasonably browned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Also included are two newspaper articles about the subject, on of which is pasted to the inside cover of the book. SYNOPSIS: Kim Phuc was nine years old in 1972. Severely burned by napalm, she ran from her burning village and was captured on film. Denise Chong relates Kim's experience and recovery in this astonishing biography and history of America's shameful war. The photograph of Kim, seen around the world, was one of many to turn public opinion against the war in Vietnam. This is the story of how the picture came to be and also what happened to Kim after it was taken. It… Read More