{"product_id":"close-up-on-war-the-story-of-pioneering-photojournalist-catherine-leroy-in-vietnam-9781419746611","title":"Close-Up on War: The Story of Pioneering Photojournalist Catherine Leroy in Vietnam","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe inspiring and fascinating true story of Catherine Leroy, one of the few women photographers covering the Vietnam War who gave a human face to the conflict, told by award-winning journalist and children's book author Mary Cronk Farrell.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eClose-Up on War\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of French-born photographer Catherine Leroy, who documented some of the fiercest fighting in Vietnam's 20-year conflict. Although she had no formal photographic training and had never traveled more than a few hundred miles from Paris before, Leroy left home at age 21 to travel to Vietnam and document the faces of war. Despite being told that women didn't belong in a \"man's world,\" she was cool under fire, gravitated toward the thickest battles, went along on the soldiers' slogs through the heat and mud of the jungle, crawled through rice paddies, and became the only official photojournalist to parachute into combat with American soldiers. Leroy took striking photos that gave America no choice but to look at the realities of war--showing what it did to people on both sides--from wounded soldiers to civilian casualties. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Later, Leroy was gravely wounded from shrapnel, but that didn't keep her down for more than a month. When captured by the North Vietnamese in 1968, she talked herself free after photographing her captors, scoring a cover story in \u003ci\u003eLife\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. A recipient of the George Polk Award, one of the most prestigious awards in journalism, Leroy was one of the most well-known photographers in the world during her time, and her legacy of bravery and compassion endures today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Farrell interviewed people who knew Leroy, as well as military personnel and other journalists who covered the war. In addition to a preface by Pulitzer Prize-winning Vietnam War photographer Nick Ut and a foreword by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Peter Arnett, \u003ci\u003eClose-Up on War\u003c\/i\u003e includes an author's note, endnotes, bibliography, timeline, and index. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes Black-and-White and Color Photographs\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Cronk Farrell\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning journalist and children's book writer. Her books have won a SPUR Award for Best Juvenile Fiction about the American West and been honored on lists such as the Notable Social Studies Books for Young People, Bank Street College's List of Best Children's Books, and the New York Public Library's Best Books for Teens. Her journalistic work has also received numerous awards for excellence from the Society of Professional Journalists and two Emmy nominations. Farrell frequently speaks at schools, libraries, conferences, and women's and family workshops. Her books include \u003ci\u003ePure Grit, Irena's\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eChildren, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eStanding Up Against \u003c\/i\u003eHate. She lives in Spokane, Washington.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Amulet Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50644652982546,"sku":"9781419746611","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_01b8d691-86b9-4966-8902-00a3cc2aa0ae.jpg?v=1744387674","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/close-up-on-war-the-story-of-pioneering-photojournalist-catherine-leroy-in-vietnam-9781419746611","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}