{"product_id":"first-into-nagasaki-the-censored-eyewitness-dispatches-on-post-atomic-japan-and-its-prisoners-of-war-9780307342027","title":"First Into Nagasaki: The Censored Eyewitness Dispatches on Post-Atomic Japan and Its Prisoners of War","description":"Lost for more than half a century, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist George Weller's legendary dispatches from post-atomic-bomb Nagasaki were discovered after his death by his son, Anthony Weller. Here, this historic body of work is published for the first time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGEORGE WELLER was born in Boston and graduated from Harvard in 1929. As an admired but penniless young novelist, he began reporting on Greece and the Balkans for the New York Times in the 1930s, then made his name covering the war for the \u003ci\u003eChicago Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e. He won a 1943 Pulitzer Prize for his story of an emergency appendectomy on a submarine in enemy waters. Throughout a long career Weller reported from five continents; he was a Nieman Fellow in 1947 and also won a 1954 George Polk Award. His work includes two highly praised WWII books, \u003cb\u003eSingapore Is Silent\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eBases Overseas\u003c\/b\u003e. He died at his home in Italy, aged 95.ANTHONY WELLER, George Weller's son, is the author of three novels--\u003cb\u003eThe Garden of the Peacocks\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe Polish Lover\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eThe Siege of Salt Cove\u003c\/b\u003e--and a memoir of India and Pakistan called \u003cb\u003eDays and Nights on the Grand Trunk Road\u003c\/b\u003e. He has traveled widely for numerous magazines and is also a much-recorded jazz and classical guitarist.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Crown Publishing Group (NY)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50872517624082,"sku":"9780307342027","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_48b1eb1b-b336-44a2-acfb-86b8d2879158.jpg?v=1737900448","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/first-into-nagasaki-the-censored-eyewitness-dispatches-on-post-atomic-japan-and-its-prisoners-of-war-9780307342027","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}