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Dirty wars and polished silver : the life and times of a war correspondent turned ambassatrix, Lynda Schuster

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"From a former Wall Street Journal foreign correspondent, an exuberant memoir of life, love, and transformation on the frontlines of conflicts around the world. Growing up in 1970s Detroit, Lynda Schuster felt certain life was happening elsewhere. And as soon as she graduated from high school, she set out to find it. Dirty Wars and Polished Silver is Schuster's story of her life abroad as a foreign correspondent in war-torn countries, and, later, as the wife of a U.S. Ambassador. It chronicles her time working on a kibbutz in Israel, reporting on uprisings in Central America and a financial crisis in Mexico, dodging rocket fire in Lebanon, and grieving the loss of her first husband, a fellow reporter, who was killed only ten months after their wedding. But even after her second marriage, to a U.S. diplomat, all the black-tie parties and personal staff and genteel "Ambassatrix School" grooming in the world could not protect her from the violence of war. Equal parts gripping and charming, Dirty Wars and Polished Silver is a story about one woman's quest for self-discovery--only to find herself, unexpectedly, more or less back where she started: wiser, saner, more resolved. And with all her limbs intact"--
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eng
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Publication
Extent
1 online resource (xxii, 326 pages)
Contents
  • Prologue: Israel, 1973
  • Detroit, 1966
  • Central America, 1981
  • Central America, 1982
  • Mexico, 1983
  • The Middle East, 1984
  • South America, 1985
  • Southern Africa, 1986
  • Liberia, 1989
  • Washington, 1992
  • Mozambique, 1994
  • Peru, 1996
  • Peru, 1998
  • Epilogue: Pittsburgh, 2014
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9781612196350
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Dirty wars and polished silver : the life and times of a war correspondent turned ambassatrix
Title
Dirty wars and polished silver
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the life and times of a war correspondent turned ambassatrix
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Lynda Schuster
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Author
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Language
eng
Summary
"From a former Wall Street Journal foreign correspondent, an exuberant memoir of life, love, and transformation on the frontlines of conflicts around the world. Growing up in 1970s Detroit, Lynda Schuster felt certain life was happening elsewhere. And as soon as she graduated from high school, she set out to find it. Dirty Wars and Polished Silver is Schuster's story of her life abroad as a foreign correspondent in war-torn countries, and, later, as the wife of a U.S. Ambassador. It chronicles her time working on a kibbutz in Israel, reporting on uprisings in Central America and a financial crisis in Mexico, dodging rocket fire in Lebanon, and grieving the loss of her first husband, a fellow reporter, who was killed only ten months after their wedding. But even after her second marriage, to a U.S. diplomat, all the black-tie parties and personal staff and genteel "Ambassatrix School" grooming in the world could not protect her from the violence of war. Equal parts gripping and charming, Dirty Wars and Polished Silver is a story about one woman's quest for self-discovery--only to find herself, unexpectedly, more or less back where she started: wiser, saner, more resolved. And with all her limbs intact"--
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Biography type
autobiography
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Schuster, Lynda
Dewey number
070.4333092
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illustrations
Index
no index present
LC call number
PN4874.S3455
LC item number
A3 2017eb
Literary form
non fiction
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dictionaries
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  • Schuster, Lynda
  • War correspondents
  • Women war correspondents
  • Foreign correspondents
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Editors, Journalists, Publishers
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Dirty wars and polished silver : the life and times of a war correspondent turned ambassatrix, Lynda Schuster
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Contents
Prologue: Israel, 1973 -- Detroit, 1966 -- Central America, 1981 -- Central America, 1982 -- Mexico, 1983 -- The Middle East, 1984 -- South America, 1985 -- Southern Africa, 1986 -- Liberia, 1989 -- Washington, 1992 -- Mozambique, 1994 -- Peru, 1996 -- Peru, 1998 -- Epilogue: Pittsburgh, 2014
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ocn994208045
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Extent
1 online resource (xxii, 326 pages)
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online
Isbn
9781612196350
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unknown
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computer
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rdamedia
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  • c
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illustrations.
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not applicable
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unknown sound
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remote
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14C2419F-0C81-4391-B1D4-4FBD8CD82E1D
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(OCoLC)994208045
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Dirty wars and polished silver : the life and times of a war correspondent turned ambassatrix, Lynda Schuster
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Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Prologue: Israel, 1973 -- Detroit, 1966 -- Central America, 1981 -- Central America, 1982 -- Mexico, 1983 -- The Middle East, 1984 -- South America, 1985 -- Southern Africa, 1986 -- Liberia, 1989 -- Washington, 1992 -- Mozambique, 1994 -- Peru, 1996 -- Peru, 1998 -- Epilogue: Pittsburgh, 2014
Control code
ocn994208045
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xxii, 326 pages)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781612196350
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
illustrations.
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
Stock number
14C2419F-0C81-4391-B1D4-4FBD8CD82E1D
System control number
(OCoLC)994208045

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