Fierce Ambition: The Life and Legend of War Correspondent Maggie Higgins [Paperback]

Mesmerizing.& Conants book has brought [Maggie Higgins] back to life. Andrew Nagorski, The glamorous, accomplished 20th-century war journalist Higginsa Pulitzer winner with a nose for news and the nerve to chase it at any costgets her due in this lively biography. Higginss life is now rendered in full, no longer lost to the march of male-dominated history. Kept me turning the pages because this true story is more compelling than most novels.& A tale of triumph over almost insurmountable odds. The remarkable story of an irrepressible wartime reporter who would do almost anything to get a scoop. Beautiful, brilliant, and demanding, Maggie Higgins was a comet in the gray, male world of mid-twentieth century American journalismcaptured in all of her complexity by Jennet Conant in her utterly compelling Jennet Conants brilliant storytelling and extraordinary granular research bring Maggie Higginss long forgotten but vital story to life. From small town California to Columbia University to Dachau to Washington, DCHiggins lived passionately, but died tragically at the height of the Vietnam War. One wishes she had lived to report Iraq, Afghanistan, and now Ukraine, and the difference her work would have made. Higginss fearless quest to bring the truth to light will serve as inspiration for a new generation of pathfinding women. What a woman, what a legend. Maggie Higgins lived life at a gallop and this book keeps up with herreporter, columnist, celebrity, mother, wife, lover, cheat, sneak, activist, combat correspondent, Pulitzer winner, war hero, patriot, polemicist, and drop-dead beauty. Jennet Conant tells the whole story with verve, insight, and deep appreciation for this fascinating, complex, and pioneering woman. Jennet Conants lyrical prose and deep research gives us an understanding of the past which illuminates the present. No one who reads the first chapter will be able to set this book aside, rich as it is in rare insights and high drama. JennlÓ;