In Extremis: The Life and Death of the War Correspondent Marie Colvin

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Synopsis
Biography of the intrepid journalist Marie Colvin who was killed in an artillery attack in Homs, Syria, in 2012, at age fifty-six. With her death, the world lost a fearless and iconoclastic war correspondent who covered the most significant global calamities of her lifetime. This biography, written by her fellow reporter Lindsey Hilsum, is a thrilling investigation into Colvin's epic life and tragic death based on exclusive access to her intimate diaries from age thirteen to her death, interviews with people from every corner of her life, and impeccable research. After growing up in a middle-class Catholic family on Long Island, Colvin studied with the legendary journalist John Hersey at Yale, and eventually started working for The Sunday Times of London, where she gained a reputation for bravery and compassion as she told the stories of victims of the major conflicts of our time. She lost sight in one eye while in Sri Lanka covering the civil war, interviewed Gaddafi and Arafat many times, and repeatedly risked her life covering conflicts in Chechnya, East Timor, Kosovo, and the Middle East. Colvin lived her personal life in extremis, too: bold, driven, and complex, she was married twice, took many lovers, drank and smoked, and rejected society's expectations for women. Despite PTSD, she refused to give up reporting. Like her hero Martha Gellhorn, Colvin was committed to bearing witness to the horrifying truths of war, and to shining a light on the profound suffering of ordinary people caught in the midst of conflict.
Copyright:
2018

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
Book Size:
395 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780374175597
Publisher:
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Lindsey Hilsum
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Military, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Communication
Submitted By:
Terry Gorman
Proofread By:
Terry Gorman
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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