A THOUSAND SPRINGS: The Biography of a Marriage. [The Author Married General Cla

New York [1962], Eriksson.Yellow cloth spine over orange, very clean & bright,14 x 21 cm.,318p., 28 b. w. photos, dust jacket in Mylar protector, 3rd printing of the First Edition * * * THE AUTHOR'S SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY * * * . *** *** *** . . . AN EXCELLENT PRIMARY RESOURCE ON GEN. CHENNAULT . . . BY HIS CHINESE WIFE . . * This is a poignant autobiographical work. She met General Chennault in Kunming, China in 1944. Three years later they were married. Chen Xiangmei [Anna] was twenty-four years old, the General fifty-four, despite their differences it was a "Marriage Made in Heaven" as the author stated. . * This is Anna's first book in English, she is the author of 12 books all published in China, novels, essays, short stories, a number have been "best sellers." With introduction by Lin Yutang. . *** ANNA C. CHENNAULT [1925-2018]: BACKGROUND OF Chen Xiangmei [Anna]: Chennault and wife Anna Born in Beijing, China on June 23, 1925, Chen Xiangmei "received a B.A. degree in Chinese from Lingnan University in Hong Kong in 1944, and an honorary Doctor of Literature degree from Chungang in Seoul, Korea in 1967". She "began her career as a journalist, serving as a war correspondent for the Central News Agency from 1944 to 1948. She was a feature writer for the Hsin Ming Daily News in Shanghai, China from 1944 to 1949." Chen Xiangmei was married in 1947 to Claire Lee Chennault, who was more than 32 years her senior and died in 1958. She has two children, Claire Anna (born in 1949) and Cynthia Louise (born in 1950). Her husband's death has not seemed to have slowed her career: "She served as a special correspondent for the Central News Agency from 1965 to the present [1999] and as a U.S. correspondent for the Hsin Shen Daily News from 1958 to the present [1999]. In addition, she was a broadcaster for the Voice of America from 1963 to 1966." In addition, Chen Xiangmei served as an editor and public relations officer for the Civil Air Transport in Taipei, Taiwan, from 1946 until 1957. After her husband's death, Chennault was vice-president of international affairs for the Flying Tiger Line. "She has served as president of TAC International from 1976 to the present [1999]." . * Anna "Chennault has been a member of the President's Advisory Committee for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts since 1970 served as a member of the United States National Committee for UNESCO from 1970 to the present [1999]...as president of Chinese Refugee Relief from 1962 to 1970 and has served as president of the General Claire Chennault Foundation from 1960 to the present [1999]." the first woman correspondent for China's Central News Agency, China's largest leading press. . * Anna Chennault "has served as a committee woman of the Washington, D.C. Republican Party since 1960...was the founder and chairperson of the National Republican Asian Assembly" and has advocated greater participation in political affairs by Chinese and other Asian Americans, and also has discussed relations between the U.S. and China. . * She has also promoted her husband's legacy. In 1976, she came to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for a ceremony honoring Chennault hosted by the city Mayor President W.W. Dumas and then Governor Edwin Washington Edwards. Chennault grew up near Waterproof and Ferriday, Louisiana. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** AWARDS: The Freedom Award of the Order of Lafayette (1966) The Freedom Award from the Free China Association (1966) The Award of Honor from the Chinese-American Alliance (1971) . *** INDIVIDUAL COPY DETAILS: . Copy 1 is the true FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING [1962]. This is bound in the publisher's original yellow cloth spine over orange cloth covers with red ink titles on the spine. . This is an excellent copy, there are a couple of feint small brown spots on the left spine/hinge area, otherwise there are no issues. Contents remains pristine. With dust jacket in Mylar protector. . This is the author's signed presentation: "To Mr. Gee, Best Wishes, Anna Chennault." . * Copy 2 is similar to above, FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING [1962], same binding, with dust jacket in Mylar protector. It is signed: "Anna Chennault." * Copy 3 is the First Edition, [1962], 3rd printing of the First Edition. It is a signed presentation: "To Lorna, Anna Chennault." With dust jacket in Mylar protector. * Copy 4 is similar to above, FIRST EDITION, [1970] 8th printing, with dust jacket in Mylar protector. It is. is a signed, dated presentation: "To Steve, with appreciation, Anna Chennault, Dec 17, 1977." . * Copy 5 is bound in orange cloth spine, over boards, with dust jacket in Mylar protector. Clean, bright copoy no signatures. . Copy 6 is the First Edition, 3rd printing of the First Edition. It is a signed presentation: "To Lorna, Anna Chennault." With dust jacket in Mylar protector. . Copy 7 is the 4th printing of the First Edition, [1962], there is a small call number sticker on the dust jacket, otherwise no library markings. Clean, bright, contents likewise pristine clean. with dust jacket in Mylar protector. . *** REFERENCE: . See Wikipedia article on Anna . * .