His own man by Gellhorn, Martha and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at AbeBooks.com. "A literary landmark. Gellhorn's prose . The Honeyed Peace book. Martha Gellhorn was … Read 4 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. is at its finest in the letter form." She was the third wife of iconic American author Ernest Hemingway . His own man by Gellhorn, Martha and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at AbeBooks.com. Martha Gellhorn's journalism tracks many of the flashpoints of the twentieth century; as a young woman she witnessed the suffering of the American Depression and risked her life in the Spanish Civil War. . Martha Gellhorn is legendary for a reason: She reported war from where the bullets were flying, and her prose was magnificent. . So what we have here is a superb book … Martha Gellhorn (1908-1998) was a war correspondent for nearly 50 years. This book, too, has all the advantages - and problems - of knowing its subject. Lots of primary source materials, such as letters, were used. Martha Gellhorn (November 8, 1908 – February 15, 1998) was best known as an American war correspondent, though she was a prolific writer of fiction and memoir as well. The Weather in Africa by Martha Gellhorn and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at AbeBooks.co.uk. --Francine du Plessix Gray, The New York Times Book Review Martha Gellhorn's reporting career brought her to the front lines of virtually every significant conflict from the Spanish Civil War to the end of the cold war. I had read 'The Parisian Orphan' and, even though that book is a fictional novel, the heroine in the book mentioned Martha Gellhorn several times. This is a thoroughly researched biography, penned by a woman whose mother was close friends with Martha. Caroline Moorehead's mother was one of Martha Gellhorn's close friends, and Moorehead knew Gellhorn well in her old age. Some of the things that happened to the heroine, actually happed to the real life WWII correspondents Martha Gellhorn and Lee Miller so I wanted to read more about these real life people. I didn't know much about Martha Gellhorn prior to reading that book and wanted to know more. Her dispatches from the front made her a legend, yet her private life was often messy and volcanic.