Martha Gellhorn (1980-1998) was one of Ernest Hemingway's many wives. She was also a distinguished and fearless journalist who covered, up close, some of the worst moments of World War II and went on to a brilliant career as a left-wing commentator on America's foreign policy through most of the 20th century. This biography covers her turbulent ...
A witty and intelligent memoir of the adventures, discoveries, rescues and narrow escapes of Gellhorn, one of America's most important war correspondents and the third wife of Ernest Hemingway.
From the acclaimed biographer of Martha Gellhorn, one of the 20th century's most prolific reporters, comes this collection of Gellhorn's letters that introduces the woman behind the correspondent--a writer of wit, charm, and vulnerability. The result is an exhilarating, intimate portrait of one of the most accomplished women of modern times.
"A literary landmark. Gellhorn's prose . . . is at its finest in the letter form."--Francine du Plessix Gray, "The New York Times Book Review" Martha Gellhorn's reporting career brought her to the front lines of virtually every significant conflict from the Spanish Civil War to the end of the cold war. While Gellhorn's wartime dispatches rank ...
This biography of Martha Gellhorn, one of Hemingway's wives, illuminates the skill she possessed as a writer in her own right, reporting on world events few women had the chutzpah to cover in the mid-20th century, including the Spanish Civil War and the Nuremburg trials.
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