The Girl in the Picture: The Story of Kim Phuc, the Photograph, and the Vietnam War by Denise Chong

The Girl in the Picture: The Story of Kim Phuc, the Photograph, and the Vietnam War

Denise Chong

373 pages first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
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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 a...

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