02395cam a2200349 4500 759414970 TxAuBib 20181227120000.0 180511s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018022908 9780374175597 hbk. $28.00 0374175594 hbk. $28.00 (OCoLC)1036100743 DGU/DLC eng rda DLC OCLCF GK8 GL4 TXKYL FMG IGA ORK QQ3 IUK YDX DLC OCLCO XII DGU TxGR TxAuBib Hilsum, Lindsey, author. In extremis [Book] : the life and death of the war correspondent Marie Colvin / Lindsey Hilsum. Life and death of the war correspondent Marie Colvin. First American edition. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018. xviii, 378 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. Originally published in 2018 by Chatto & Windus, Great Britain--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-359) and index. Part I. America. Dead man's branch -- Father and daughter -- Lovers and mentors -- Part II. Middle East. The path of death -- In a man's world -- War, peace, and love -- Part III. The world beyond. We're gonna make you a star -- Leap before you look -- The face in the mirror -- Part IV. London. All at sea -- A reckless tide -- Baba Amr. A biography of the war correspondent Marie Colvin. "When Marie Colvin was killed in an artillery attack in Homs, Syria, in 2012, at age fifty-six, the world lost a fearless and iconoclastic war correspondent who covered the most significant global calamities of her lifetime. In Extremis, written by her fellow reporter Lindsey Hilsum, is a thrilling investigation into Colvin's epic life and tragic death based on exclusive access to her intimate diaries from age thirteen to her death, interviews with people from every corner of her life, and impeccable research." -- Amazon.com. 20181227. Colvin, Marie. War correspondents United States Biography. Foreign correspondents United States Biography. Journalists United States Biography. RV8