The Women Who Wrote the War: The Riveting Saga of World War II's Daredevil Women Correspondents
- ISBN-10
- 1559704934
- ISBN-13
- 9781559704939
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 458
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Arcade Publishing
- Author
- Nancy Caldwell Sorel
Description
Celebrates the accomplishments of World War II's female war correspondents, who risked their lives in combat zones to provide firsthand reports on the events of the war
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