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Dispatches from the Edge: A Memoir of War, Disasters, and Survival
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Harperaudio
Publication date June 1, 2006
Binding CD/Spoken Word
Edition Unabridged
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780061137808
ISBN-10 0061137804
Dimensions 0.75 by 5 by 5.75 in.
Weight 0.35 lbs.
Original list price $29.95
Other format details audio
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Summary
The correspondent and anchor for CNN recounts events from his life and career, offering a behind-the-scenes look at some of the most devastating modern tragedies and their effect on his own life.
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In this gripping, candid, and remarkably powerful memoir, Anderson Cooper offers an unstinting, up-close view of the most harrowing crises of our time, and the profound impact they have had on his life.

After growing up on Manhattan's Upper East Side, Cooper felt a magnetic pull toward the unknown. If he could keep moving, and keep exploring, he felt he could stay one step ahead of his past, including the fame surrounding his mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, and the deaths of his father and older brother. As a reporter, the frenetic pace of filing dispatches from war-torn countries, and the danger that came with it, helped him avoid having to look too closely at the pain and loss that was right in front of him.

But recently, during the course of one extraordinary, tumultuous year, it became impossible for him to continue to separate his work from his life. From the tsunami in Sri Lanka to the war in Iraq, the starvation in Niger, and ultimately Hurricane Katrina, Cooper gives us a firsthand glimpse of the devastation that takes place when the normal order is ruptured on such a massive scale. Cooper had been in his share of life-threatening situations before -- in Sarejevo, Somalia, and Rwanda -- but he had never seen human misery quite like this. Writing with vivid memories of his childhood and early career as a roving correspondent, Cooper reveals how deeply affected he has been by the wars, disasters, and tragedies he has witnessed, and why he continues to be drawn to some of the most perilous places on earth.



Editions
Hardcover
Book cover for 9780061132384
 
from Harpercollins (June 1, 2006)
9780061132384 | details & prices | 212 pages | 6.75 × 9.25 × 0.75 in. | 1.05 lbs | List price $24.95
About: The correspondent and anchor for CNN recounts events from his life and career, offering a behind-the-scenes look at some of the most devastating modern tragedies and their effect on his own life.
Paperback
Book cover for 9780061136689 Book cover for 9780061138058
 
Reprint edition from Perennial (May 1, 2007)
9780061136689 | details & prices | 222 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $14.99
About: The correspondent and anchor for CNN recounts events from his life and career, offering a behind-the-scenes look at some of the most devastating modern tragedies and their effect on his own life.
Large print edition from Harpercollins (June 1, 2006)
9780061138058 | details & prices | 296 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.95 lbs | List price $24.95
About: The correspondent and anchor for CNN recounts events from his life and career, offering a behind-the-scenes look at some of the most devastating modern tragedies and their effect on his own life.
CD/Spoken Word
Book cover for 9780061137808
 
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Unabridged edition from Harperaudio (June 1, 2006)
9780061137808 | details & prices | 5.00 × 5.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.35 lbs | List price $29.95
About: The correspondent and anchor for CNN recounts events from his life and career, offering a behind-the-scenes look at some of the most devastating modern tragedies and their effect on his own life.
Prebinding
Book cover for 9781435289192
 
Reprint edition from Paw Prints (May 22, 2008)
9781435289192 | details & prices | 222 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $22.95
About: Few people have witnessed more scenes of chaos and conflict around the world than Anderson Cooper, whose groundbreaking coverage on CNN has changed the way we watch the news.

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