Portrait of Myself

392 Pages·1963·56.027 MB·English

by  Margaret Bourke-White

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Other Books by Margaret Bourke-Wiiite
Halfway to Freedom, A Report on the New India {1949)
"Dear Fatherland, Rest Quietly," A Report on the
Collapse ofHitlers "Thousand Years" (1946)
"Purple Heart Valley," A Combat Chronicle of
War
the in Italy (1944)
Shooting the Russian War (1942)
Eyes on Russia {1931)
With Erskine Caldwell
Say, Is This the U.S.A.? (1941)
North of the Danube (1939)
You Have Seen Their Faces (1937)
With Father John LaFarge, SJ.
A Report on the American Jesuits (1956)
PORTRAIT
OF MYSELF
MARGARET
BOURKE-
WHITE
SIMON AND SCHUSTER NEW YORK
1963
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INCLUDING THE RIGHT OF REPRODUCTION
IN WHOLE OR IN PART IN ANY FORM
©
COPYRIGHT 1963 BY MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE
PUBLISHED BY SIMON AND SCHUSTER, INC.
ROCKEFELLER CENTER, 63O FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK 20, N.Y.
First Printing
Those photographs not specifically credited are courtesy
of Life Magazine with the exception of those appearing on
pages 67, 74, 75, 91, 98, 108 and 109, courtesy of Fortune.
©
Copyright 1929, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1941,
1942, 1943, 1944, 194s, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1952 and 1959,
Time, Inc.
The captions which appear on pages 127 and 13$ were
first published in You Have Seen Their Faces, copyright
1937 by Erskine Caldwell and Margaret Bourke-White.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOG CARD NUMBER: 63-III4I
MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
PRINTED BY MAHONY & ROESE, INC., NEW YORK
BOUND BY AMERICAN BOOK-STRATFORD PRESS, INC., NEW YORK
TO MY MOTHER AND FATHER
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I wish to express my sincere gratitude to the many
people at Time, Life and Fortune who have helped me; to the
unsung heroes and heroines in the Life photo-lab for their technical
assistance; to Alfred Eisenstaedt for his portrait of me taken for the
jacket of this book, for the photographic record he kept during the
time of my illness, and especially for his constant encouragement;
to Edward Stanley for his thoughtful suggestions over the years; to
Betty Hannifin who gave generously of her time and talents; to my
two secretaries, Anne Adills and Travis Rogers, for their understand-
ing and expert help; and most of all to the editors of Life, first for
sending me on many of these assignments and secondly for their
graciousness in allowing me to use the photographs in this book.
There are many others in Asia and Europe as well as American to
whom I am also indebted. They are too many to be publicly
acknowledged, but I know thev will understand my gratitude.