Dispatches from the edge : a memoir of war, disasters, and survival / Anderson Cooper.
2006
PN4874.C683 A3 2006 (Mapit)
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Title
Dispatches from the edge : a memoir of war, disasters, and survival / Anderson Cooper.
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Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
0061132381 (acid-free paper)
9780061132384 (acid-free paper)
9780061132384 (acid-free paper)
Publication Details
New York, NY : HarperCollins Publishers, c2006.
Language
English
Description
212 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Call Number
PN4874.C683 A3 2006
Dewey Decimal Classification
070.92 B
Summary
From the tsunami in Sri Lanka to the war in Iraq to the starvation in Niger and ultimately to Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and Mississippi, Cooper gives us a firsthand glimpse of the devastation that takes place, both physically and emotionally, when the normal order of things is violently ruptured on a massive scale. Cooper had been in his share of life-threatening situations before, but he had never seen human misery quite like this. Writing with vivid memories of his childhood and early career as a roving correspondent, Cooper reveals for the first time how deeply affected he has been by the wars, disasters, and tragedies he has witnessed, and why he continues to be drawn to some of the most perilous places on earth.--From publisher description.
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Table of Contents
Tsunami: washed away
Iraq: inkblots of blood
Niger: night sweats
Katrina: facing the storm.
Iraq: inkblots of blood
Niger: night sweats
Katrina: facing the storm.