Winston Churchill Reporting : Adventures of a Young War Correspondent / Simon Read.

Long before his finest hour as Britain's wartime leader, Winston Churchill emerged on the world stage as a brazen foreign correspondent, covering wars of empire in Cuba, India's Northwest Frontier, the Sudan, and South Africa. Just as likely to take part in active combat as he was to report on it, C...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Read, Simon, 1974- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA : Da Capo Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Churchill, Winston, > 1874-1965.
Journalism.
Churchill, Winston, > 1874-1965 > Childhood and youth.
Prime ministers > Great Britain > Biography.
War correspondents > Great Britain > Biography.
Biographies.
Genre:
Biography.
Biographies.
Physical Description:ix, 309 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Prologue: history calling
  • In a hurry
  • Havana via New York
  • Churchill under fire
  • Letters and books
  • The theatre of war
  • Once more unto the breach
  • The river war
  • Last charge at Omdurman
  • Literary pursuits
  • Churchill restrained
  • Dear or alive
  • Back in the fray
  • Blood and fury
  • Adventures and escapes
  • Epilogue: into history.