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050	0	0	_aPN4874.G348 _bM66 2003
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100	1		_aMoorehead, Caroline
245	1	0	_aGellhorn _b: a twentieth-century life _c/ Caroline Moorehead
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York _b: Henry Holt & Co. _c, c2003
300			_a463 p. _b: illus. _c; 25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aThe first major biography of legendary war correspondent Martha Gellhorn, whose life provides a unique and thrilling perspective on world history in an extraordinary time Martha Gellhorn's heroic career as a reporter brought her to the front lines of virtually every significant international conflict between the Spanish Civil War and the end of the Cold War. The preeminent-and often the only-female correspondent on the scene, she broke new ground for women in the male preserve of journalism. Her wartime dispatches, marked by a passionate desire to expose suffering in its many guises and an inimitable immediacy, rank among the best of the twentieth century. A deep-seated love of travel complemented this interest in world affairs. From her birth in St. Louis in 1908 to her death in London in 1998, Gellhorn passed through Africa, Cuba, China, and most of the great cities of Europe, recording her experiences in first-rate travel writing and fiction. A tall, glamorous blonde, she made friends easily-among the boldface names that populated her life were Eleanor Roosevelt, Leonard Bernstein, and H. G. Wells-but she was as incapable of settling into comfortable long-term relationships as she was of sitting still, and happiness often eluded her despite her professional success. Both of her marriages ended badly-the first, to Ernest Hemingway, publicly so. Drawn from extensive interviews and with exclusive access to Gellhorn's papers and correspondence, this seminal biography spans half the globe and almost an entire century to offer an exhilarating, intimate portrait of one of the defining women of our times.
546			_aEnglish
600	1	0	_aGellhorn, Martha _d, 1908-1998
650			_aJournalists _z-United States _v--Biography
650		4	_aForeign correspondents _z-United States _v--Biography
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