Point Of Departure

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Point Of Departure
Authors and Contributors      By (author) James Cameron
Introduction by Andrew Marr
SeriesClassics of Reportage S.
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:320
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreBiographies and autobiography
Reportage and collected journalism
Places and peoples - pictorial works
ISBN/Barcode 9781862078246
ClassificationsDewey:070.92
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Granta Books
Imprint Granta Books
Publication Date 6 February 2006
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Reportage resists easy definition and comes in many forms: travel essay, narrative history, autobiography but at its finest it reveals hidden truths about people and events that have shaped the world we know. This new series, hailed as 'a wonderful idea' by Don DeLillo, both restores to print and introduces for the first time some of the greatest works of the genre. The classic memoir by one of the great British journalists of the twentieth century, a man who earned universal respect not only for his courage in reporting from dangerous places, but for his candour and independence. Point of Departure features Cameron's eyewitness accounts of the atom bomb tests at Bikini atoll, the Chinese invasion of Tibet and the war in Korea; and vivid evocations of his encounters with Mao Tse-tung and Winston Churchill.

Author Biography

James Cameron was born in London in 1911. He started his career as a journalist in Scotland before travelling the world as a foreign correspondent for a number of newspapers. He was presented with the Granada Award for Foreign Correspondent of the Decade in the 1960s. He died in 1985.

Reviews

"'A brilliant collection of anecdote and reportage from a supreme master of the craft' Daily Mail 'For even his most accomplished professional rivals curiosity has meant everything-for him compassion has always meant more' Observer 'Cameron had a unique combination of moral seriousness, humour, and literary talent' Martin Woollacott"