Close up on war / Mary Cronk Farrell.
Tells the story of French-born Catherine Leroy, one of the Vietnam War's few woman photographers, who documented some of the fiercest fighting in the twenty-year conflict. Despite being told that women didn't belong in a "man's world," she was cool under fire, gravitated toward the thickest battles, went along on the soldiers' slogs through the heat and mud of the jungle, crawled through rice paddies, and became the only official photojournalist to parachute into combat with American soldiers. Later, Leroy was gravely wounded from shrapnel, but that didn't keep her down more than a month. When captured by the North Vietnamese in 1968, she talked herself free after photographing her captors, scoring a cover story in Life magazine. A recipient of the George Polk Award, one of the most prestigious awards in journalism, Leroy was one of the most well-known photographers in the world during her time"--Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781419746611
- Physical Description: xv, 304 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 21 cm
- Publisher: New York : Amulet Books, an imprint of Abrams, 2022.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-298) and index. |
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Genre: | Biographies. |
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- 9 of 10 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Albright Memorial Library | YOUNG ADULT 770.9597 FARRELL (Text) | 50686016168374 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library | YA 770 FAR (Text) | 37268003129871 | AHMFL YA Nonfiction | Available | - |
Bethel Tulpehocken Public Library | 070.49 FAR (Text) | 33249024488110 | Non-fiction | Checked Out | 05/14/2024 |
Dalton Community Library | YOUNG ADULT 770.9597 FARRELL (Text) | 50689010451978 | Young Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Frackville Free Public Library | Y770.9597FA (Text) | 30459000379117 | Teen Area | Available | - |
Gettysburg Library | YA BIOG LER (Text)
Memorial:
This book is donated in memory of Betty D. Wetmore, in appreciation of her work with the library, by the Krut Family
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35740635835861 | Young Adult Biography | Available | - |
North Pocono Public Library | YOUNG ADULT 770.9597 FARRELL (Text) | 50691010941958 | Young Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Somerset County Library | 770.95 LER (Text) | 35907001749972 | SOCM Non Fiction | Available | - |
Southern Lehigh Public Library | YA B LEROY (Text)
Bookplate:
This item was purchased in honor of Michelle Corvino for her donation to the Southern Lehigh Public Library Helping Hands Campaign 2021-2022.
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30044100873704 | Young Adult Biography | Available | - |
Western Pocono Community Library | JB Leroy, Catherine (Text) | 31119000581703 | YA Biography | Available | - |