The Girl in the Picture

By Denise Chong

Subjects: Biography, Biography & Autobiography, Guerre du Viet-nam, 1961-1975, Vietnam War (1961-1975) fast (OCoLC)fst01431664, Kriegsopfer, Biographies, Nonfiction, Vietnamkrieg, Aerial Military operations, Children, Vietnam, biography, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Aerial operations, American, American, Vietnam war, 1961-1975, personal narratives, American Aerial operations, Vietnam war, 1961-1975, biography, Photography, History, Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975, Vietnam war, 1961-1975, children

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.