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The girl in the picture : the story of Kim Phuc, the photograph, and the Vietnam War / Denise Chong

Catalog Data

Author:
Chong, Denise  Search this
Subject:
Kim Phúc 1963-  Search this
Physical description:
373 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2001
Summary:
On June 8, 1972, nine-year-old Kim Phuc, severely burned by napalm, ran from her blazing village in South Vietnam and into the eye of history. Her photograph-one of the most unforgettable images of the twentieth century-was seen around the world and helped turn public opinion against the Vietnam War. This book is the story of how that photograph came to be-and the story of what happened to that girl after the camera shutter closed. Award-winning biographer Denise Chong's portrait of Kim Phuc-who eventually defected to Canada and is now a UNESCO spokesperson-is a rare look at the Vietnam War from the Vietnamese point-of-view and one of the only books to describe everyday life in the wake of this war and to probe its lingering effects on all its participants.
Topic:
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Children  Search this
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Aerial operations, American  Search this
Call number:
DS559.5.C53 C46 2001
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_629529