Eve of a Hundred Midnights
The Star-crossed Love Story of Two World War II Correspondents and Their Epic Escape Across the Pacific
New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2016]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: vi, 408 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Documents the story of two married journalists who toured the Pacific islands after the fall of Manila during World War II, describing how they had many near-brushes with the Japanese and risked their lives to cover the war in the Pacific Theater.
Contents:
"Why should I contribute a little more trash?" -- "The itch is perpetual" -- The voice of China -- The Haiphong incident -- A true Hollywood story -- "I'll be careful" -- "Nothing but twisted sticks" -- "He types on the desk, and I type on the dressing table" -- Infamy -- Into the blackness beyond -- False convoy -- "Almost too good to be true" -- Soldier of the press.
Subjects:
Jacoby, Melville Jack, 1916-1942.
Jacoby, Annalee, 1916-2002.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Journalists -- Biography.
War correspondents -- United States -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Area.
Jacoby, Melville Jack, 1916-1942.
Jacoby, Annalee, 1916-2002.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Journalists -- Biography.
War correspondents -- United States -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Area.
ISBN:
9780062375209 (hardcover)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY War WWII Campaigns Pacific Las | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
HISTORY War WWII Campaigns Pacific Las | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 384-398) and index.