Buying the Night Flight

by Geyer, Georgie Anne

• ISBN13: 9780226289915
• ISBN10: 0226289915
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-08-15
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

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