| Means of Escape Contributor(s): Caputo, Philip (Author) |
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ISBN: 0805089632 ISBN-13: 9780805089639 Publisher: Holt Paperbacks OUR PRICE: $21.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2009 Annotation: The author of "A Rumor of War" recounts his harrowing tales of life as a foreign correspondent. (SEE QUOTE.) |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Editors, Journalists, Publishers - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2008039020 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.2" W x 8.06" (0.72 lbs) 400 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
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| Publisher Description: A riveting memoir of years of living dangerously.--Kirkus Reviews For the countless readers who have admired Philip Caputo's classic memoir of Vietnam, A Rumor of War, here is his powerful recounting of his life and adventures, updated with a foreword that assesses the state of the world and the journalist's art. As a journalist, Caputo has covered many of the world's troubles, and in Means of Escape, he tells the reader in moving and clear-eyed prose how he made himself into a writer, traveler, and observer with the nerve to put himself at the center of the world's conflicts. As a young reporter he investigated the Mafia in Chicago, earning acclaim as well as threats against his safety. Later, he rode camels through the desert and enjoyed Bedouin hospitality, was kidnapped and held captive by Islamic extremists, and was targeted and hit by sniper fire in Beirut, with memories of Vietnam never far from the surface. And after it all, he went into Afghanistan. Caputo's goal has always been to bear witness to the crimes, ambitions, fears, ferocities, and hopes of humanity. With Means of Escape, he has done so. |
Contributor Bio(s): Caputo, Philip: - Philip Caputo is an award-winning journalist--the co-winner of a Pulitzer Prize--and the author of many works of fiction and nonfiction, including A Rumor of War, one of the most highly praised books of the twentieth century. His book, The Longest Road, was a New York Times bestseller. His novels include Acts of Faith, The Voyage, Horn of Africa, Crossers, and Some Rise by Sin. He and his wife, Leslie Ware, divide their time between Norwalk, Connecticut, and Patagonia, Arizona. |