Martha Gellhorn

Gellhorn didn't want to be remembered as an ex-wife of Ernest Hemingway ("Why should I be a footnote to someone else's life?") She was, in fact, a pioneering journalist who became the first female war correspondent, covering the Spanish Civil War for Collier's Weekly magazine in 1937. An American, Gellhorn also covered World War II and conflicts in Vietnam, Israel, and El Salvador. She decided she was too old for her passion only when the Bosnian conflict broke out ("You need to be nimble," she said.) She died in London February 15 of cancer at age 89. From This is True for 15 February 1998 Suggestions for further reading: The Lotus Eaters: A Novel by Tatjana Soli Amazon Price: Customer Review: Helen Adams is not about to stay behind, whether it is for her own good or not. She, an American photojournalist, isn't a draftee forced to be in war-torn Vietnam. She is simply a driven woman with more ambition than prudence. Is a stunning photograp...   War is Boring: Bored Stiff, Scared to Death in the World's Worst War Zones by David Axe, Matt Bors Amazon Price: $9.32 Customer Review: "War is Boring" could be the unofficial successor of David's first graphic novel "War Fix", drawed by Steven Olexa. The story in "War Fix" impressed me but I didn't like the drawing that much. This is different from "War is Boring": David and Matt ar...   The Quiet American (Critical Library, Viking) by Graham Greene Amazon Price: $13.60 Customer Review: The Quiet American is a wonderful book that,to an American, probes at our treasured notion high-minded idealism and our spirit that has served us well at times and not so well at others. Greene's symbolism is telling and insightful, given that it was...   Shooting War by Anthony Lappe, Dan Goldman Amazon Price: $11.19 Customer Review: The story focuses on Jimmy Burns a video-blogger who happens to "be where people are going to die." When he posts live footage of a Starbucks bombing to his site that is later aired by Global(the all terror network), he soon finds himself in Baghdad...   Scoop by Evelyn Waugh Amazon Price: $10.19 Customer Review: A mildly amusing if dated satire on sensational journalism. It is also quite racist in the casual British manner. Our hero William Boot seems to have wandered out of a P.G. Wodehouse story, where he should have stayed, as he would have been a lot f...   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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