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Dispatches from the Edge LP

A Memoir of War, Disasters, and Survival

By Anderson, Anderson Cooper, Cooper

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| Paperback | 9780061138058

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Few people have witnessed more scenes of chaos and conflict around the world than Anderson Cooper, whose groundbreaking coverage on CNN has changed the way we watch the news.

After growing up on Manhattan's Upper East Side, Cooper felt a magnetic pull toward the unknown. If he could keeContinue

Few people have witnessed more scenes of chaos and conflict around the world than Anderson Cooper, whose groundbreaking coverage on CNN has changed the way we watch the news.

After growing up on Manhattan's Upper East Side, Cooper felt a magnetic pull toward the unknown. If he could keep moving, and keep exploring, he felt he could stay one step ahead of his past, including the fame surrounding his mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, and the tragic early deaths of his father and older brother.

But recently, during the course of one extraordinary, tumultuous year, it became impossible for him to continue to separate his work from his life. From the tsunami in Sri Lanka to the war in Iraq to the starvation in Niger and ultimately to Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and Mississippi, Cooper gives us a firsthand glimpse of the devastation that takes place. Writing with vivid memories of his childhood and early career as a roving correspondent, Cooper reveals for the first time how deeply affected he has been by the wars, disasters, and tragedies he has witnessed, and why he continues to be drawn to some of the most perilous places on earth.

Striking, heartfelt, and utterly engrossing, Dispatches from the Edge is an unforgettable memoir that takes us behind the scenes of the cataclysmic events of our age and allows us to see them through the eyes of one of America's most trusted, fearless, and pioneering reporters.

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    The author is a journalist, so his English is beautiful.

    This story is written across between his own life and the tradegy. Quite a special way of writing.
    In the book, can feel he is a unhappy person.

    One sentence in this book impressed me. He said his success seems built on the painful of ... (continue)

    The author is a journalist, so his English is beautiful.

    This story is written across between his own life and the tradegy. Quite a special way of writing.
    In the book, can feel he is a unhappy person.

    One sentence in this book impressed me. He said his success seems built on the painful of the people.

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    Coke said on Sep 11, 2010 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

  • How sad when you need external misfortune to counteract your internal despair ...

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    王紫 said on Mar 10, 2008 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

  • heart wrenching despatches

    having a big, big crush on anderson cooper is one reason i got the book :) the other night i saw him on oprah and he is actually human :p and oh, sooo coool...

    the book is excellent. he really pulled at your heart-strings sometimes with his gut-wrenching stories...

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    fatfacefan said on Jul 8, 2007 | Add your feedback

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 304 Pages
  • Edition: Largeprint
  • ISBN-10: 0061138053
  • ISBN-13: 9780061138058
  • Publisher: HarperLargePrint
  • Pub date: Jun 01, 2006
  • Dimensions: 230 mm x 150 mm x 20 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Hardcover, Audio CD and Others
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