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Garrett, Patrick.
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Hollingworth, Clare.
Women war correspondents -- Biography.
War correspondents -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Foreign correspondents -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Women journalists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Journalists -- Biography.
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Garrett, Patrick.
Hollingworth, Clare.
Women war correspondents -- Biography.
War correspondents -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Foreign correspondents -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Women journalists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Journalists -- Biography.
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Of
fortunes
and
war
:
Clare
Hollingworth
,
first
of the
female
war
correspondents
/ Patrick Garrett.
by
Garrett, Patrick.
Thistle Publishing, 2015.
Call #:
070.4333 H741g
Subjects
Hollingworth
,
Clare
.
Women
war
correspondents
-- Biography.
War
correspondents
-- Great Britain -- Biography.
Foreign
correspondents
-- Great Britain -- Biography.
Women journalists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
World
War
, 1939-1945 -- Journalists -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781910670842 (pbk.)
Description:
vii, 501 pages ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Summary:
Clare
Hollingworth
, the legendary
war
correspondent. She was famous for getting the "scoop of the century" - the outbreak of the Second World
War
. But a lot of her life story was never unreported. From witnessing the
first
aerial bombing against England in the
First
War
, through Hitler's Blitzkrieg,
Clare
's résumé included desert
war
in North Africa, civil
war
in Greece, terrorism in Jerusalem, and guerrilla warfare in Vietnam and Borneo. This book is about both love and
war
- a moving story of
Clare
's passion for life and the tough compromises she had to make over personal relationships. Patrick Garrett was born in Britain but has spent most of his working life abroad. His career in television news included work the BBC, CBS & NBC. This is his personal look at his Great Aunt's derring-do as a leading
war
reporter.
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