About this title: Here is a paperback reprint of the acclaimed and riveting story of the 1948 murder of the dogged and renowned CBS correspondent George Polk and the Cold War politics that protected his killers. Acclaimed journalist Marton is the former Bonn bureau chief for ABC News. 32 pages of photographs. To be a major movie starring Mel Gibson.
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Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Date Published: 1992-05-12
ISBN-13:9780812920475ISBN:0812920473
Description: Very Good. Binding is tight and square. No names, no remainder marks, no stickers. Text is clean and bright. Small crease on top left back corner. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend PRIORITY MAIL for even faster delivery! read more
Edition: Later Printing Remainder
Binding: S Trade Paperback
Publisher: Random House, New York
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780812920475ISBN:0812920473
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall Ink remainder mark on top edge. read more
Description: New. 0812920473 Cover has very little shelf wear. No spine seams. No remainder mark. Pages are clean with no markings, no creases and no dog-ears. Trade Paperback. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1990
Description: Fine in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Book appears near new. DJ has some shelfwear. SUMMARY: On May 16, 1948 CBS correspondent George Polk was found floating in Greece's Salonika Bay. His hands and feet were bound and there was a bullet hole in his head. A protege of Edward R. Murrow, Polk was famed for his fearless reporting from the Middle East and from Greece, which was then in the throes of civil war. Serious questions have persisted over the years, underscored by the convicted ... read more
Edition: 1st (stated)
Binding: Hardbound
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, NY
Date Published: 1990
Description: G/G x-lib in mylar, pocket, stamps, clipped fep, sl. edge stain. A CBS correspondent is found floating in Greece's Salonika Bay in 1948. read more
Edition: First Paperback Edition
Binding: Pictorial Softcover
Publisher: Times Books, New York, N.Y. USA
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780812920475ISBN:0812920473
Description: Near Fine. No Jacket Issued. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Nice copy; tight; NOT ex-library; internally clean text with no stamp, pencil or pen markings; cover has mild wear and curling to the edges. read more
Description: Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition, Stated. Clean as a whistle copy which has not been price-clipped. Small bit of wear to top edge of front endflap. On May 16, 1948 the bound and shot body of CBS News correspondent, George Polk, was found floating in Greece's Salonikia Bay. The result was politiical uproar, a trial and a conviction. But new questions have arisen and the author draws upon letters and journals of key figures, plus interviews with those closest to Polk to shed new ... read more
Edition: 1st edition (Trade Paperback)
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Random House, New York
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780812920475ISBN:0812920473
Description: Fine. 2nd Printing. xii. 369pp. Trade Paperback. [9-1/4" tall] 32pp. BW photos. ISBN 0812920473. ---Book exposes the secrets kept for over 40 years regarding the murder of investigative reporter Polk. This is the story of a uniquely American hero "whose blunt honesty and idealism proved insufficient in traversing the treacherous ground of the cold war. "---Corner lightly bent on front low corner. Interior clean, unmarked, unblemished. Great gift choice. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: NY Farrar, Straus & Giroux C 1990,
Description: Near Fine in Very Good-dust jacket; Binding and contents are almost like new. Minor wear on clean, complete dust jacket. Stated First edition 369pp. Index. Bibliography. 16p b/w photos. Tall 8vo. Red cloth spine, black boards, bright gold lettering. CRIME. Drawing upon letters and journals of key figures out of trhe reach of researchers for four decades, as well as on interviews with those closest to Polk and the investigation, Marton has constructed a vivid, convincing account of who ordered ... read more
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