News Is My Job
A Correspondent in War-Torn China
Nonfiction, History, Asian, China, Biography & Memoir
| Author: | Edna Lee Booker | ISBN: | 9789888422265 |
| Publisher: | Earnshaw Books | Publication: | March 16, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Earnshaw Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Edna Lee Booker |
| ISBN: | 9789888422265 |
| Publisher: | Earnshaw Books |
| Publication: | March 16, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Earnshaw Books |
| Language: | English |
One of the first women journalists in China, Edna Lee Booker arrived in 1922 and threw herself into the story, snagging a number of exclusive interviews with warlords and also with Sun Yat-sen and Mao Tse-tung. She worked on the Shanghai newspaper China Press, and was also the Shanghai stringer for the International News Service, InterNews. Her book, was a best-seller on publication in 1940 and was hugely influential in strengthening American support for the Chinese government of Chiang Kai-shek. This edition also has an introduction by her daughter, Patricia Luce Chapman.
One of the first women journalists in China, Edna Lee Booker arrived in 1922 and threw herself into the story, snagging a number of exclusive interviews with warlords and also with Sun Yat-sen and Mao Tse-tung. She worked on the Shanghai newspaper China Press, and was also the Shanghai stringer for the International News Service, InterNews. Her book, was a best-seller on publication in 1940 and was hugely influential in strengthening American support for the Chinese government of Chiang Kai-shek. This edition also has an introduction by her daughter, Patricia Luce Chapman.
