Cold War Correspondent: A Korean War Tale

"Cold War Correspondent" is the eleventh installment in Nathan Hale's popular Hazardous Tales graphic novel series, focusing on the true story of Marguerite Higgins, a pioneering female war correspondent during the Korean War. The book vividly portrays the challenges she faced, from escaping enemy territory to fighting against military orders that attempted to ban women from the front lines. It offers an engaging and accessible introduction to a significant historical event and the remarkable individual who covered it, making complex history digestible for young readers aged 8-12.

Discover the Korean War through the eyes of the journalist who covered it in this installment of the New York Times bestselling graphic novel series In 1950, Marguerite Higgins (1920-1966) was made bureau chief of the Far East Asia desk for the New York Herald Tribune. Tensions were high on the Korean peninsula, where a border drawn after WWII split the country into North and South. When the North Korean army crossed the border with Soviet tanks, it was war. Marguerite was there when the Communists captured Seoul. She fled with the refugees heading south, but when the bridges were blown over the Han River, she was trapped in enemy territory. Her eyewitness account of the invasion was a newspaper smash hit. She risked her life in one dangerous situation after another--all for the sake of good story. Then she was told that women didn't belong on the frontlines. The United States Army officially ordered her out of Korea. She appealed to General Douglas MacArthur, and he personally lifted the ban on female war correspondents, which allowed her the chance to report on many of the major events of the Korean War. Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales are graphic novels that tell the thrilling, shocking, gruesome, and TRUE stories of American history. Read them all--if you dare!