| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
x, 118 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-113) and index. |
| Contents |
Setting the stage -- Prelude to World War II in Europe -- Sounding the alarm in Europe -- Europe goes to war -- The United State goes to war -- Action in North Africa and China -- Getting to Italy -- D-Day -- Action in Europe -- Advancing toward Germany -- Action in the Pacific -- Crossing the Rhine -- Winning the war -- After the war. |
| Summary |
The story of women war correspondent in World War II and how they reported war news. Tells about flying bombing missions, taking photographs inside Buchenwald, stowing away on D-Day hospital ships, dodging bullets on Iwo Jima, and more. Margaret Bourke-White, Nellie Bly, Lee Miller, Martha Gellhorn, Virginia Cowles, Sonia Tomara, Toni Frissell, Dickey Chapelle and more are included. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR UG 7.9 3.0 57199. |
| Subject |
War correspondents -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Journalists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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War correspondents.
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Journalists.
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Women -- Biography.
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World War, 1939-1945.
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| Genre/Form |
Juvenile materials.
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| ISBN |
0517800756 trade |
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0517800764 library binding |
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