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In 1950, Marguerite Higgins (1920–1966) was made bureau chief of the Far East Asia desk for the New York Herald Tribune. Tensions were high on the Korean peninsula, where a border drawn after WWII split the country into North and South. When the North Korean army crossed the border with Soviet tanks it was war. Marguerite was there when the Communists captured Seoul. She fled with the refugees heading south, but when the bridges were blown over the Han River, she was trapped in enemy territory. Her eye-witness account of the invasion was a newspaper smash hit. She risked her life in one dangerous situation after another––all for the sake of good story. Then she was told that women didn't belong on the frontlines. The United States Army officially ordered her out of Korea. She appealed to General Douglas MacArthur, and he personally lifted the ban on female war correspondents, which allowed her the chance to report on many of the major events of the Korean War.
Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales are graphic novels that tell the thrilling, shocking, gruesome, and TRUE stories of American history. Read them all—if you dare!
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Kindle Book
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- ISBN: 9781647004835
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- English
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Levels
- ATOS Level: 3.8
- Interest Level: 4-8(MG)
- Text Difficulty: 2
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October 1, 2021
In this 11th edition of Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales, Marguerite Higgins, war correspondent, takes over the narration to share harrowing stories of being a frontline reporter. The story follows Higgins as she risks life and limb as the Far East correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune, covering the Korean War in 1950. As Westerners flee Korea when the North Korean People's Army crosses the 38th parallel and invades the democratic South, Higgins and her fellow reporters try to get in. The mostly black-and-white--with touches of yellow--graphic format enhances Higgins' experiences. Readers will see what being a real-life war correspondent is truly like as they observe Higgins escaping a sinking ship, reporting from no man's land, interviewing Gen. Douglas MacArthur, nursing soldiers, and being temporarily banned from the front just for being a woman. Readers will even learn how reporters sent their articles back to the U.S.: in Morse code, via trans-Pacific telegraph. Beyond Higgins' personal, gripping story, Hale coherently and accurately conveys the factors that led to the Korean War, the political gambling by the U.S. and the Soviet Union, and battle strategies. While Korea is the setting, however, the story is told from a U.S. perspective, focusing on American war heroes and reporters who are mostly male (Higgins is a notable exception) and White. Exciting reportorial derring-do. (bibliography) (Graphic nonfiction. 10-13)COPYRIGHT(2021) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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