Eve of a Hundred Midnights: The Star-Crossed Love Story of Two WWII Correspondents and Their Epic Escape Across the Pacific
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| Rating | : | 4.54 (848 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0062375210 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 416 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-13 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The unforgettable true story of two married journalists on an island-hopping run for their lives across the Pacific after the Fall of Manila during World War II—a saga of love, adventure, and danger.On New Year’s Eve, 1941, just three weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese were bombing the Philippine capital of Manila, where journalists Mel and Annalee Jacoby had married just a month earlier. Bringing to light their compelling personal stories and their professional life together, Eve of a Hundred Midnights is a tale of an unquenchable thirst for adventure, of daring reportage at great personal risk, and of an enduring romance that blossomed in the shadow of war.. The couple had worked in China as members of a tight community of foreign correspondents with close ties
"A riveting, unique, and incredibly relevant story about journalism in a time of war" according to Emily K. I'm not a big history buff, and I don't actually have a lot of time to read, but I made time for this book and this bit of history. It's a meticulously researched and layered look at the Asian theater in WWII, but beyond that, it echoes the need for journalists to witness history firsthand. I relished learning about the . Wendy Lascher said Powerful woman, inspiring man, fascinating history and important journalism. Bill Lascher's writing makes it easy to absorb the history this book teaches, told through the eyes of a pair of inspiring journalists in their twenties. The love story/biography/adventure/tragedy isbacked up with painstaking research. (I know how painstaking; I am Bill's mother).. "it is a love story. Mr" according to David Shain. This book is superb. A very well written account of an intrepid reporter, Melville Jacoby, and his equally impressive wife in the Pacific during the lead up to World War II. It operates on several levels. On the one hand, it is a very personal account of a man from a privileged background seemingly compelled to situate h
This is every bit a book about what drives reporters to the frontlines.” (Jackie Spinner, author of Tell Them I Didn't Cry)“Bill Lascher charts the career of Melville Jacoby, his equally erudite wife Annalee, and their circle of committed, talented reporter-friends whose combined journalism evokes an era.” (Paul French, New York Times bestselling author of Midnight in Peking) . A story of high adventure.” (Stephen R. Lascher conveys the privation, danger, and romance of this time in an utterly detailed and beguiling way.” (Booklist (starred review)
He was a 2011 Knight Digital Media Center multimedia and convergence fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, Graduate School of Journalism. Lascher is a graduate of Oberlin College, the Annenberg School for Communication at USC, and the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. Bill Lascher is a journalist whose work has appeared in the Guardian, Pacific Standard, Atlas Obscura, Gizmodo, Portland Monthly, and elsewhere. He lives in Portland, Oregon.