01739cam a2200277 4500 330784038 TxAuBib 20060713120000.0 060306s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2006043391 9780061132384 acid-free paper 0061132381 acid-free paper 9780061132384 (OCoLC)64625040 DLC DLC BAKER NPL C#P VP@ ZJI GK8 IXA BUR IXA TxAuBib Cooper, Anderson. Dispatches from the edge : a memoir of war, disasters, and survival / Anderson Cooper. 1st ed. New York, NY : HarperCollins Publishers, 2006. 212 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. Tsunami -- Iraq -- Niger -- Katrina. From the tsunami in Sri Lanka to the war in Iraq to the starvation in Niger and ultimately to Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and Mississippi, Cooper gives us a firsthand glimpse of the devastation that takes place, both physically and emotionally, when the normal order of things is violently ruptured on a massive scale. Cooper had been in his share of life-threatening situations before, 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 for the first time 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.--From publisher description. 20060914. Cooper, Anderson. Television journalists United States Biography.