Uncommon Valor, Common Virtue: Iwo Jima and the Photograph that Captured America - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0425215172 ISBN 13: 9780425215173

Casa editrice: Dutton Caliber, 2007

Riassunto

A dramatic photo history of the battle of Iwo Jima and the iconic picture that captured America-DVD included!

On February 23, 1945, as the battle for the Japanese island stronghold of Iwo Jima raged below, Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal's camera captured six troops raising the Stars and Stripes on Mt. Suribachi. That photograph would go on to symbolize the Marines' valor and America's determination to win World War II. This is the story of the ten days Rosenthal spent on Iwo Jima-and how his Pulitzer-winning picture came to be.

Containing over 120 combat photographs- including shots of the flag-raising by other photographers-quotes from survivors, newspapers and magazines, battle reports and Medal of Honor citations, here is a grunt's eye view of the bloodiest battle in U.S. Marine Corps history. It also recounts "the photograph's" enduring legacy in popular culture, and reveals the fates of the flag raisers- men who became a fixture in their country's history.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Hal Buell is a veteran photo editor who has spent more than forty years with the Associated Press, twenty-five of them as head of the international photo service. A graduate of Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University, he lives in New York.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Dutton Caliber
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0425215172
• ISBN 13: 9780425215173
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 272
• Redattore: Buell Hal
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