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Martha Gellhorn
Martha Gellhorn was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1908. She dropped out of Bryn Mawr to pursue a career in journalism. Gellhorn spent time living in Paris; documented the Great D...view moreMartha Gellhorn was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1908. She dropped out of Bryn Mawr to pursue a career in journalism. Gellhorn spent time living in Paris; documented the Great Depression for the Federal Emergency Relief Administration; traveled with her future husband, Ernest Hemingway, to Spain to cover the Spanish Civil War; and journeyed to Western Europe to cover World War II. Her reporting career was distinguished and lengthy, as she also covered the Vietnam War and conflicts in El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Panama. An author of both fiction and nonfiction, her works include the memoir Travels with Myself and Another and the novels Point of No Return, What Mad Pursuit, and The Trouble I’ve Seen. She died in 1998.
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Books by Martha Gellhorn
Point of No Return: A Novel The Face of War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The View from the Ground Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Stricken Field: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Trouble I've Seen Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings