Bibliograph

First to the front, the untold story of Dickey Chapelle, trailblazing female war correspondent, Lorissa Rinehart

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Label

First to the front, the untold story of Dickey Chapelle, trailblazing female war correspondent, Lorissa Rinehart

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

photographs

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

First to the front

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1385506250

Responsibility statement

Lorissa Rinehart

Sub title

the untold story of Dickey Chapelle, trailblazing female war correspondent

Summary

"From the beginning of World War II through the early days of Vietnam, groundbreaking female photojournalist and war correspondent Dickey Chapelle chased dangerous assignments her male colleagues wouldn't touch, pioneering a radical style of reporting that focused on the humanity of the oppressed. She documented conditions across Eastern Europe in the wake of the Second World War. She marched down the Ho Chi Minh Trail with the South Vietnamese Army and across the Sierra Maestra Mountains with Castro. She was the first reporter accredited with the Algerian National Liberation Front, and survived torture in a communist Hungarian prison. She dove out of planes, faked her own kidnapping, and endured the mockery of male associates, before ultimately dying on assignment in Vietnam with the Marines in 1965, the first American female journalist killed while covering combat. Chapelle overcame discrimination both on the battlefield and at home, with much of her work ultimately buried from the public eye--until now. In First to the Front, Lorissa Rinehart uncovers the incredible life and unparalleled achievements of this true pioneer, and the mark she would make on history"--, Provided by publisher

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