Close-Up on War Translated by Michael Waaler Pitman’s “fresh storytelling brings emotion

Pitman’s “fresh storytelling brings emotion and depth to the history of a movement and the establishment that served as an epicenter for social change” (Publishers Weekly)

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helping young minds to grasp difficult concepts

Close-Up on War Translated by Michael Waaler Pitman’s “fresh storytelling brings emotionThe inspiring and fascinating true story of Catherine Leroy, one of the few women photographers covering the Vietnam War who gave a human face to the conflict, told by award winning journalist and childrens book author Mary Cronk Farrell. Close Up on War tells the story of French born photographer Catherine Leroy, who documented some of the fiercest fighting in Vietnams 20 year conflict. Although she had no formal photographic training and had never