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A private war : Marie Colvin and other tales of heroes, scoundrels, and renegades, Marie Brenner

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"Now a major motion picture starring Rosamund Pike, Stanley Tucci, and Jamie Dornan, A Private War is the story of legendary war correspondent Marie Colvin, who died in 2012 while covering the Syrian civil war. In February 2012, Marie Colvin crossed into Syria on the back of a motorcycle. A veteran war correspondent known for her fearlessness, outspokenness, and signature eye patch, she was defying a government decree preventing journalists from entering the country. Accompanied by photographer Paul Conroy, she was determined to report on the Syrian civil war, adding to a long list of conflicts she had covered, including those in Egypt, Chechnya, Kosovo, and Libya. She had witnessed grenade attacks, saved more than one thousand women and children in an East Timor war zone when she refused to stop reporting until they were evacuated, and even interviewed Muammar Qaddafi. But she had no idea that the story she was looking for in Syria would be her last, culminating in the explosion of an improvised device that sent shock waves across the world. In A Private War, Marie Brenner brilliantly chronicles the last days and hours of Colvin's life, moment by moment, to share the story of a remarkable life lived on the front lines. This collection also includes Brenner's classic encounters with Donald Trump, Roy Cohn, Malala Yousafzai, Richard Jewell, and others."--
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eng
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Edition
First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition.
Extent
336 pages
Note
  • Movie tie-in edition
  • "Now a major motion picture"--Cover
  • "This pieces in this collection were originally published in Vanity Fair. The piece 'Judge Motley's verdict' was originally published in the New Yorker"--Title page verso
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9781501183867
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A private war : Marie Colvin and other tales of heroes, scoundrels, and renegades
Title
A private war
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Marie Colvin and other tales of heroes, scoundrels, and renegades
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Marie Brenner
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Language
eng
Summary
"Now a major motion picture starring Rosamund Pike, Stanley Tucci, and Jamie Dornan, A Private War is the story of legendary war correspondent Marie Colvin, who died in 2012 while covering the Syrian civil war. In February 2012, Marie Colvin crossed into Syria on the back of a motorcycle. A veteran war correspondent known for her fearlessness, outspokenness, and signature eye patch, she was defying a government decree preventing journalists from entering the country. Accompanied by photographer Paul Conroy, she was determined to report on the Syrian civil war, adding to a long list of conflicts she had covered, including those in Egypt, Chechnya, Kosovo, and Libya. She had witnessed grenade attacks, saved more than one thousand women and children in an East Timor war zone when she refused to stop reporting until they were evacuated, and even interviewed Muammar Qaddafi. But she had no idea that the story she was looking for in Syria would be her last, culminating in the explosion of an improvised device that sent shock waves across the world. In A Private War, Marie Brenner brilliantly chronicles the last days and hours of Colvin's life, moment by moment, to share the story of a remarkable life lived on the front lines. This collection also includes Brenner's classic encounters with Donald Trump, Roy Cohn, Malala Yousafzai, Richard Jewell, and others."--
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  • Vanity fair (New York, N.Y. : 1983)
  • New Yorker (New York, N.Y. : 1925)
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Brenner, Marie
Dewey number
  • 070.92
  • 070.4082 BRENNER 2018
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
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  • Colvin, Marie
  • Colvin, Marie
  • Colvin, Marie
  • Civil War (Syria : 2011-)
  • Reporters and reporting
  • War correspondents
  • Foreign correspondents
  • Women journalists
  • Antisemitism
  • Political violence
  • Syria
  • Motley, Constance Baker
  • Conroy, Paul
  • Jewell, Richard A
  • Yousafzai, Malala
  • Trump, Donald
  • Wigand, Jeffrey S
  • Cohn, Roy M
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
  • FICTION / Media Tie-In
  • LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism
  • Antisemitism
  • Foreign correspondents
  • Political violence
  • Reporters and reporting
  • War correspondents
  • Women journalists
  • France
  • Syria
  • United States
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Marie Colvin and other tales of heroes, scoundrels, and renegades
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A private war : Marie Colvin and other tales of heroes, scoundrels, and renegades, Marie Brenner
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Publication
Note
  • Movie tie-in edition
  • "Now a major motion picture"--Cover
  • "This pieces in this collection were originally published in Vanity Fair. The piece 'Judge Motley's verdict' was originally published in the New Yorker"--Title page verso
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on1057291837
Dimensions
21 cm
Edition
First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition.
Extent
336 pages
Isbn
9781501183867
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unmediated
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rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
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(OCoLC)1057291837
Label
A private war : Marie Colvin and other tales of heroes, scoundrels, and renegades, Marie Brenner
Publication
Note
  • Movie tie-in edition
  • "Now a major motion picture"--Cover
  • "This pieces in this collection were originally published in Vanity Fair. The piece 'Judge Motley's verdict' was originally published in the New Yorker"--Title page verso
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
on1057291837
Dimensions
21 cm
Edition
First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition.
Extent
336 pages
Isbn
9781501183867
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1057291837

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