Yûn-nan, South of the Clouds My life in Southwest China from 1939-1951
by Muir, Gladys
- Used
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
White Rock, BC: Self Published. Very Good+. 1987. First Edition. Softcover. Signed by Author; Light wear to white card covers ; Inscribed by author on front fly. A tight solid book. Illustrated with B&W photos ; Trade PB; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 319 pages; "In her autobiographical Yûn-nan, South of the Clouds, Gladys Muir recounts her life working together with her husband Frank as Canadian missionaries in remote villages of Yunnan province in Southwest China during and after World War II. In addition to narratives from everyday life near Dali and Kunming, this book also gives a first hand description of historical events from this tumultuous time in Chinas history, including the wartime attacks by the Japanese Air Force on Kunming and the American Flying Tigers who fended them off, the changes to daily life for both Chinese and westerners as communism spread into the area after the war, and the familys dramatic exit from China when it became impossible for foreign aid workers to remain." .
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- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21767
- Title
- Yûn-nan, South of the Clouds My life in Southwest China from 1939-1951
- Author
- Muir, Gladys
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Self Published
- Place of Publication
- White Rock, BC
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- China, Missionaries, mao
- Bookseller catalogs
- Asia; RELIGION; Religion / Missions;
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