Come celebrate the launch of A Danger Shared: A Journalist’s Glimpses of a Continent at War, a new book featuring a young American foreign correspondent’s striking, previously-unpublished World War II-era photographs of China, Vietnam, and elsewhere in Asia. A Danger Shared weaves historic images of dramatic, world-changing events with glimpses of daily life’s perseverance into a visual chronicle of Asia’s experience of war as witnessed by Melville Jacoby while he worked as a reporter covering the conflict. This collection features scenes of bombed classrooms, anxious refugees, and exhausted soldiers alongside images of everyday friendship, toil, and commerce. Together, these photos document humanity's persistence at a cataclysmic historical moment.

This event will feature readings from the book as well as Melville Jacoby’s own writing, displays of his photos (including prints), and more. There will also be opportunities to examine historic documents and other artifacts from Mel's time as a student and reporter in China, as well as a few surprises. Signed copies of A Danger Shared will be available for purchase, as will copies of Bill Lascher’s previous books, Eve of a Hundred Midnights and The Golden Fortress.