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Fierce ambition the life and legend of war correspondent Maggie Higgins

"Marguerite Higgins was both the scourge and envy of the journalistic world. A longtime reporter for the New York Herald Tribune, she first catapulted to fame with her dramatic account of the liberation of Dachau at the end of World War II. Brash, beautiful, ruthlessly competitive, and sexually adve...

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Main Author: Conant, Jennet (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2023]
Edition:First edition.
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Higgins, Marguerite.
Women war correspondents > United States > Biography.
Foreign correspondents > United States > Biography.
Korean War, 1950-1953 > Journalists > Biography.
Women journalists > United States > Biography.
Biographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • Freak
  • Hustling
  • Tricks of the trade
  • Latecomer
  • Early maneuvers
  • Uncharted terrain
  • Roving correspondent
  • Dateline : Berlin
  • Poison pens
  • Scoop trouble
  • The feud
  • Perils of fame
  • Winging it
  • Between the lines
  • The fine print
  • The Maggie Higgins hour
  • War of words
  • A legend.

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