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Author Read, Simon, 1974- author.

Title Winston Churchill Reporting : Adventures of a Young War Correspondent / Simon Read.

Publication Info. Boston, MA : Da Capo Press, [2015]

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Location Call No. Status
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  B CHURCHILL, WINSTON READ    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Biography  B-CHURCHILL REA    Check Shelf
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department  B CHURCHILL    Check Shelf
Description ix, 309 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-257) and index.
Contents Prologue: history calling -- In a hurry -- Havana via New York -- Churchill under fire -- Letters and books -- The theater of war -- Once more unto the breach -- The river war -- Last charge at Omdurman -- Literary pursuits -- Churchill restrained -- Dear or alive -- Back in the fray -- Blood and fury -- Adventures and escapes -- Epilogue: into history.
Summary Long before his finest hour as Britain's wartime leader, Winston Churchill emerged on the world stage as a brazen foreign correspondent, covering wars of empire in Cuba, India's Northwest Frontier, the Sudan, and South Africa. Just as likely to take part in active combat as he was to report on it, Churchill thought little of his own personal safety when he joined the fray. Reporting and fighting between 1895 and 1900, Churchill mastered his command of language, forged his character, and established his reputation for courage and tenacity under fire.
Subject Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 -- Career in journalism.
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 -- Childhood and youth.
Prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
War correspondents -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Genre/Form Biographies.
ISBN 9780306823817 (hardcover) (alkaline paper)
0306823810 (hardcover) (alkaline paper)
9780306823824 (e-book)
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