Title: The Girl in the Picture
First published: 1998
Description: On June 8, 1972, nine-year-old Kim Phuc, severely burned by napalm, ran from her blazing village in South Vietnam and into the eye of history. Her photograph-one of the most unforgettable images of the twentieth century-was seen around the world and helped turn public opinion against the Vietnam War.This book is the story of how that photograph came to be-and the story of what happened to that girl after the camera shutter closed. Award-winning biographer Denise Chong's portrait of Kim Phuc-who eventually defected to Canada and is now a UNESCO spokesperson-is a rare look at the Vietnam War from the Vietnamese point-of-view and one of the only books to describe everyday life in the wake of this war and to probe its lingering effects on all its participants.
Subjects: Aerial operations, American, American Aerial operations, Biography, Biography & Autobiography, Children, History, Nonfiction, Photography, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975, Biographies, Vietnam War (1961-1975) fast (OCoLC)fst01431664, American, Aerial Military operations, Guerre du Viet-nam, 1961-1975, Vietnamkrieg, Kriegsopfer, Vietnam war, 1961-1975, biography, Vietnam, biography, Vietnam war, 1961-1975, children, Vietnam war, 1961-1975, personal narratives
Places: Vietnam
People: Kim Phuc, Kim Phúc, Kim Phúc (1963-)