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OverviewMartha Gellhorn was one of the twentieth century's greatest war correspondents. The Face of War is a selection of her reports, on the conflicts in Spain, Finland, China and World War II, with later reports on Vietnam, Israel and Central America. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Martha GellhornPublisher: Granta Books Imprint: Granta Books Edition: 2nd New edition Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.290kg ISBN: 9781862071506ISBN 10: 1862071500 Pages: 416 Publication Date: 01 April 1998 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsOne of the very greatest correspondents to cover the conflicts of this bloodies and most violent of centuries * Independent * Author InformationMARTHA GELLHORN (1908-98) was born in St Louis, Missouri. In 1930, she talked her way into a free passage to Europe and arrived in Paris with seventy-five dollars in her pocket and the conviction that she could earn a living as a foreign correspondent. She returned to the United States in 1934 and two years later published her acclaimed The Trouble I've Seen. It was at this time that she met Ernest Hemingway, whom she married. In 1937 she returned to Europe as a war correspondent, and for the first nine years she reported on the wars in Spain, Finland, China and Java and finally from Europe during the Second World War. After 1946 she continued to report on whatever engaged her interest and concern, from Vietnam to the Middle East and the wars in Central America. As well as her journalism, Martha Gellhorn was the author of novels, collections of stories, novellas, works of non-fiction and a play. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |