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Dickey Chapelle - War Reporter

The pioneering American woman journalist; life in Mao's China; Mexican writer Octavio Paz; and the real Harry Houdini.

On this week's programme, how pioneering American woman war reporter, Dickey Chapelle, was killed in Vietnam; plus two very different perspectives on Mao's China, Mexican writer Octavio Paz and the escape which made Harry Houdini's name.

PHOTO: Dickey Chapelle during a US Marines operation in 1958 (Credit: US Marine Corps / Associated Press)

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50 minutes

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Sun 6 Nov 2016 23:06GMT
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service except News Internet

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  • Sun 6 Nov 2016 23:06GMT
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