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1.Iris Origo: Marchesa Of Val D'orcia. by: Caroline Moorehead July 30, 2004
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2.Gellhorn: A Twentieth-Century Life by: Caroline Moorehead August 12, 2004
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Outward calm, inward extreme disorder of mind were characteristics of Gellhorn's self-description. In her sixties she stopped traveling and determined to live in London in Chelsea. She liked people who shaped their own lives. She hated liars and sitting on the fence. She was a bad cook. Her metaphors belittled unhappiness. She was beset with self-doubt, a strain of failure, loneliness. The Gellhorns of St. Louis had been a talking family. Martha left Bryn Mawr after her junior year and became a cub reporter to the ALBANY TIMES UNION. In the same year, 1929, she returned to St. Louis, moved on to New York City, and by spring, 1930, she was in Paris. France was the leading economic power of Europe. In 1934 Martha returned to America and was hired by the Roosevelt administration ... Read More

3.Selected Letters of Martha Gellhorn by: Caroline Moorehead May 29, 2007
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As someone I would love to have known, Martha Gelhorn ranks right up there with Carly Simon...who, thankfully, is still alive. She is the only one of Hemingway's four wives who left him. This after an affair-turned-to-marriage that began when she walked into a Key West bar and introduced herself to him. Her extensive correspondence detailed in this book, and her life subsequent to Hemingway, reveal a woman, who though emotionally healthier than Ernest, had her own demons to contend with. She is nevertheless a fascinating personality, widely traveled, a prolific author, and by all accounts a very engaging raconteur. She deserves to be notable in her own right and spent much of her life in a fight to be accorded someone other than Heminway's third wife. Though with a personage as large as Hemingway, ... Read More

4.Dunant's Dream: War, Switzerland and the History of the Red Cross by: Caroline Moorehead 1999-05
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I am named after my aunt, a Red Cross nurse who was an Army nurse in World War II. I am also a nurse (and also a Red Cross nursing volunteer, although I have never worked full time for the organization), and a former officer in the Navy Nurse Corps. My speciality is international health; my work has taken me to some of the poorest and least developed places in the world. I have seen first-hand the work of the Red Cross in war zones and after natural disasters. I currently work in a human rights organization. I recently visited the ICRC Headquarters in Geneva, along with its spectacular museum. All this is to say that I bring more than an casual perspective to this book--and it dazzled me. Despite its incredible length, it felt too short. Ms. Moorehead writes lucidly, compassionately, and well. Her research ... Read More

5.Human Cargo: A Journey Among Refugees by: Caroline Moorehead March 21, 2006
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I just finished _Human Cargo_ and feel torn with my read. It is a depressing, albeit powerful read. Yes, she does make some erroneous statements that others noted including referring to El Cajon as being west of San Diego. It's actually East. She also noted that San Diego and Tijuana could be one city, which is woefully inaccurate. A map would show that she forgot about several cities between the two, even if this was a mere metaphysical type descriptor. What I'm most troubled with is that the increase in xenophobia and tightening of borderc compounded with the increase of refugees or asylum seekers really paints a sad picture. I'm glad I read it and her audience is definitely a general or lay audience. The stories about some of the refugees were absolutely haunting. Thankfully, next in my queue is ... Read More

6.Letters of Martha Gellhorn from: Chatto & Windus July 25, 2006
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I just finished _Human Cargo_ and feel torn with my read. It is a depressing, albeit powerful read. Yes, she does make some erroneous statements that others noted including referring to El Cajon as being west of San Diego. It's actually East. She also noted that San Diego and Tijuana could be one city, which is woefully inaccurate. A map would show that she forgot about several cities between the two, even if this was a mere metaphysical type descriptor. What I'm most troubled with is that the increase in xenophobia and tightening of borderc compounded with the increase of refugees or asylum seekers really paints a sad picture. I'm glad I read it and her audience is definitely a general or lay audience. The stories about some of the refugees were absolutely haunting. Thankfully, next in my queue is ... Read More

7.Lost and Found: Heinrich Schliemann and the Gold That Got Away by: Caroline Moorehead July 01, 1997
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This is the story of the gold unearthed by the archeologist Schliemann in his dig at Hissarlik. Schliemann spent many years excavating this site and in his early years at the site unearthed some fabulous artifacts including a collection of gold jewelry he claimed was Helen's treasure. Schliemann smuggled this treasure out of the country despite an agreement with the Turkish government that he would share his findings with them. This is characteristic of early archeology, more tomb robber than scientist. Despite his bad reputation, Schliemann managed to secure permission to excavate many sites throughout the world, making many important discoveries. This book covers the biography of Schliemann, an autodidact who became rich through trade and then pursued his interest in ancient Greek, particularly the works of ... Read More

8.Iris Origo: Marchesa of Val D'oricia by: Caroline Moorehead 2000
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This is the story of the gold unearthed by the archeologist Schliemann in his dig at Hissarlik. Schliemann spent many years excavating this site and in his early years at the site unearthed some fabulous artifacts including a collection of gold jewelry he claimed was Helen's treasure. Schliemann smuggled this treasure out of the country despite an agreement with the Turkish government that he would share his findings with them. This is characteristic of early archeology, more tomb robber than scientist. Despite his bad reputation, Schliemann managed to secure permission to excavate many sites throughout the world, making many important discoveries. This book covers the biography of Schliemann, an autodidact who became rich through trade and then pursued his interest in ancient Greek, particularly the works of ... Read More

9.Dancing to the Precipice: The Life of Lucie de la Tour du Pin, Eyewitness to an Era by: Caroline Moorehead June 30, 2009
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This is the story of the gold unearthed by the archeologist Schliemann in his dig at Hissarlik. Schliemann spent many years excavating this site and in his early years at the site unearthed some fabulous artifacts including a collection of gold jewelry he claimed was Helen's treasure. Schliemann smuggled this treasure out of the country despite an agreement with the Turkish government that he would share his findings with them. This is characteristic of early archeology, more tomb robber than scientist. Despite his bad reputation, Schliemann managed to secure permission to excavate many sites throughout the world, making many important discoveries. This book covers the biography of Schliemann, an autodidact who became rich through trade and then pursued his interest in ancient Greek, particularly the works of ... Read More

10.Bertrand Russell: A Life by: Caroline Moorehead October 01, 1993
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This is the story of the gold unearthed by the archeologist Schliemann in his dig at Hissarlik. Schliemann spent many years excavating this site and in his early years at the site unearthed some fabulous artifacts including a collection of gold jewelry he claimed was Helen's treasure. Schliemann smuggled this treasure out of the country despite an agreement with the Turkish government that he would share his findings with them. This is characteristic of early archeology, more tomb robber than scientist. Despite his bad reputation, Schliemann managed to secure permission to excavate many sites throughout the world, making many important discoveries. This book covers the biography of Schliemann, an autodidact who became rich through trade and then pursued his interest in ancient Greek, particularly the works of ... Read More

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