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Muddy Boots and Red Socks: A Reporter's Life

by Malcolm W. Browne · 1993

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In this action-packed, you-are-there memoir, Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent Malcolm Browne takes us on his incredible journalistic tour of duty through South America, Eastern Europe, India and Vietnam that is thrilling and unforgettable. of duotone photos.

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war and militarywar and militaryMore like thisLess of this
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journalistsjournalistsMore like thisLess of this
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USAUSAMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 366 pages

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