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9780226289915

Buying the Night Flight

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  • ISBN13:

    9780226289915

  • ISBN10:

    0226289915

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-08-15
  • Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr
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Summary

Buying the Night Flightis Georgie Anne Geyer's retelling of her thrilling rise from cub reporter to foreign correspondent as she made her way into the male-dominated world of journalism. Geyer transports the reader to Guatemala, Cuba, Egypt, Russia, and Cambodia, recounting the history and politics, adventure and exhaustion of the time from a truly unique perspective. Told with brilliance and dead-on honesty, this book vividly captures the triumphs of a determined and talented young reporter.

Author Biography

Georgie Anne Geyer has reported on political events around the world for the past three decades. She is the author of numerous books including Guerilla Prince: The Untold Story of Fidel Castro. She holds twenty-one honorary degrees from various colleges and universities and is syndicated in nearly 120 newspapers.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Introduction xxi
To Die in Gautemala
1(24)
Starting on the South Side
25(22)
From the Streets of Chicago to the Whorehouses of Peru
47(13)
Santo Domingo: ``You Didn't Have to Be Here''
60(18)
New Cuba, Old Cuba
78(18)
Chile: Reform and Despair
96(20)
Che in Bolivia: They Made Him the Stranger
116(18)
USSR: The Well-Fed Wolf
134(23)
Man of Steel
157(16)
Men of Iron
173(14)
Entering the World of International Terrorism
187(20)
A Western Woman in Islam
207(25)
Avida and Kemal
232(22)
You Are Not in Our Plans
254(32)
Covering the Khomeinis and Their Dark Worlds
286(17)
Buying the Night Flight
303(18)
On Becoming a Columnist
321(11)
Other Worlds Traveled: From Ideals to Images
332(21)
The Cold War Ends: And the World ``Just Keeps Going''
353(12)
Epilogue 365(9)
Index 374

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