{"product_id":"busting-stones-the-trials-and-treasures-of-martha-gellhorn-paperback","title":"Busting Stones: The Trials and Treasures of Martha Gellhorn - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJim Defilippi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBUSTING STONES by Jim DeFilippi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMartha Gellhorn was the greatest war correspondent in American history, but she was\/is unknown, unappreciated, undervalued because of her sex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBUSTING STONES tracks her life against the backdrop of the 20th Century Women's Movement. The book breaks the ten decades of her life (1908-1998) into ten chapters, each chapter containing a short segment on: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe mood of the country during that time;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe progress or the stagnancy of the decade's Women's Movement;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn enemy of the country or of women (anyone from Adolph Hitler to Hugh Hefner);\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGellhorn's life;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHer progress as a writer;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHer tragedy.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn added section (The 2000's) highlights how her fire and spirit are still alive in today's American women.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome key elements: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 1940's, her future husband, Ernest Hemingway, usurped her \u003ci\u003eCollier Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e correspondent's credentials because he wanted to cover the Normandy Invasion. He wound up getting into a drunken car accident and spent the invasion in a London hospital bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile Gellhorn, without any credentialing, snuck aboard a Navy hospital ship and became the only woman among the 195,000 men to land at Normandy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDecades later, the horrors of Vietnam and her own rape destroyed her will and her strength, leading to her suicide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWarning: I am primarily a crime novelist. The voice of this book is not Doris Kearns Goodwin historian. It is more street-corner thug. A fake-tough man writing about a real-tough woman. This lends a quirky irony to the text and to the subject matter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 282\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 05, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461464441010,"sku":"9798860377912","price":14.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/a4f47a8cdfe0915740b17b2d4445ee7d.webp?v=1778950641","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/busting-stones-the-trials-and-treasures-of-martha-gellhorn-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}