News is My Job: A Correspondent in War-Torn China Contributor(s): Lee Booker, Edna (Author), Luce Chapman, Patricia (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 9888422243 ISBN-13: 9789888422241 Publisher: Earnshaw Books Ltd OUR PRICE: $19.94 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2022 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - China - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.6" W x 8.2" (1.35 lbs) 460 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: One of the first women journalists in China, Edna Lee Booker arrived in 1922 and threw herself into the story, snagging a number of exclusive interviews with warlords and also with Sun Yat-sen and Mao Tse-tung. She worked on the Shanghai newspaper China Press, and was also the Shanghai stringer for the International News Service, InterNews. Her book was a bestseller on publication in 1940 and was hugely influential in strengthening American support for the Chinese government of Chiang Kai-shek. |