How Long to Read Fierce Ambition: The Life and Legend of War Correspondent Maggie Higgins

How Long Does it Take to Read Fierce Ambition: The Life and Legend of War Correspondent Maggie Higgins?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 40 minutes to read Fierce Ambition: The Life and Legend of War Correspondent Maggie Higgins by Jennet Conant

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

A spirited portrait of twentieth-century war correspondent Maggie Higgins and her tenacious fight to the top in a male-dominated profession. Marguerite Higgins was both the scourge and envy of the journalistic world. A longtime reporter for the New York Herald Tribune, she first catapulted to fame with her dramatic account of the liberation of Dachau at the end of World War II. Brash, beautiful, ruthlessly competitive, and sexually adventurous, she forced her way to the front despite being told the combat zone was no place for a woman. Her headline-making exploits earned her a reputation for bravery bordering on recklessness and accusations of “advancing on her back,” trading sexual favors for scoops. While the Herald Tribune exploited her feminine appeal—regularly featuring the photogenic "girl reporter" on its front pages—it was Maggie’s dogged determination, talent for breaking news, and unwavering ambition that brought her success from one war zone to another. Her notoriety soared during the Cold War, and her daring dispatches from Korea garnered a Pulitzer Prize for foreign correspondence—the first granted to a woman for frontline reporting—with the citation noting the unusual dangers and difficulties she faced because of her sex. A star reporter, she became part of the Kennedy brothers’ Washington circle, though her personal alliances and politics provoked bitter feuds with male rivals, who vilified her until her untimely death. Drawing on new and extensive research, including never-before-published correspondence and interviews with Maggie’s colleagues, lovers, and soldiers and generals who knew her in the field, journalist and historian Jennet Conant restores Maggie’s rightful place in history as a woman who paved the way for the next generation of journalists, and one of the greatest war correspondents of her time.

How long is Fierce Ambition: The Life and Legend of War Correspondent Maggie Higgins?

Fierce Ambition: The Life and Legend of War Correspondent Maggie Higgins by Jennet Conant is 329 pages long, and a total of 85,211 words.

This makes it 111% the length of the average book. It also has 104% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Fierce Ambition: The Life and Legend of War Correspondent Maggie Higgins Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 45 minutes to read Fierce Ambition: The Life and Legend of War Correspondent Maggie Higgins aloud.

What Reading Level is Fierce Ambition: The Life and Legend of War Correspondent Maggie Higgins?

Fierce Ambition: The Life and Legend of War Correspondent Maggie Higgins is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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