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The Girl in the Picture by Denise Chong

The Girl in the Picture

The Story of Kim Phuc, the Photograph, and the Vietnam War

The Story of Kim Phuc, the Photograph, and the Vietnam War

By Denise Chong

By Denise Chong

By Denise Chong

By Denise Chong

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Aug 01, 2001 | ISBN 9780140280210

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    About The Girl in the Picture

    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.

    About The Girl in the Picture

    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.

    Also by Denise Chong

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    Egg on Mao
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    About Denise Chong

    Denise Chong is the author of the family memoir The Concubine’s Children and The Girl in the Picture, a story of the napalm girl from the Vietnam War. She lives with her family in Ottawa.

    About Denise Chong

    Denise Chong is the author of the family memoir The Concubine’s Children and The Girl in the Picture, a story of the napalm girl from the Vietnam War. She lives with her family in Ottawa.

    Product Details

    Category: 1950 – Present Military History | Photography | Historical Figure Biographies & Memoirs

    Paperback | $18.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    Aug 01, 2001 | 400 Pages | 5-5/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780140280210

    Category: 1950 – Present Military History | Photography | Historical Figure Biographies & Memoirs

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    Aug 01, 2001 | 400 Pages | ISBN 9781440684128

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    Praise

    “An extraordinary piece of journalism.” —The Baltimore Sun

    “More than any other Vietnam book in recent years, The Girl in the Picture confronts us with the ceaseless, ever-compounding casualties of modern warfare.” —The San Francisco Chronicle

    Awards

    Governor General’s Literary Award WINNER

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