Hardcover, 288 pages
English language
Published Aug. 7, 2000 by Viking Adult.
The Girl in the Picture
The Story of Kim Phuc, Whose Image Altered the Course of the Vietnam War
by Denise Chong
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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
- True stories: Vietnam War
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- History
- Indo-China - History
- Photojournalism
- Women
- Biography / Autobiography
- Biography/Autobiography
- Vietnam
- Historical - General
- Military - Vietnam War
- Biography & Autobiography / General
- Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975
- General
- Aerial operations, American
- Children
- Kim Phuc