Alan Moorehead was lionised as a literary man of action: the most famous war correspondent of the Second World War; the award-winning and best-selling author of books that vividly combin adventure and hisotry; the star travel-writer of the New Yorker; and a pioneer advocate of wildlife conservation. Drawing on Moorehead's diaries and correspondence, as well as interviews with his family and friends, Tom Pocock tells the story of a thrilling, but ultimately tragic, life.
ISBN: | 9780712650311 |
Publication date: | 8th August 1991 |
Author: | Tom Pocock |
Publisher: | Pimlico an imprint of Vintage |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 320 pages |
Genres: |
Biography: business and industry General and world history Second World War Modern warfare Media, entertainment, information and communication industries |