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

400 pages first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction biography history emotional informative reflective 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 wor...

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