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9781583483473

Massacre in Shansi

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  • ISBN13:

    9781583483473

  • ISBN10:

    1583483470

  • Format: Trade Paper
  • Copyright: 1999-06-01
  • Publisher: Iuniverse Inc

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Author Biography

Nat Brandt is a veteran journalist who began his career with CBS News as a senior newswriter, then turned to print journalism. He was a reporter on several newspapers in Connecticut and New Jersey before joining The New York Times as an editor, working primarily on the National News Desk. Subsequently, he was Managing Editor of American Heritage magazine and Editor-in-Chief of Publishers Weekly. He is a past president of the nation's oldest journalists' organization, Society of the Silurians.

Table of Contents

Illustrations
xi
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xvii
A Note on Transliteration xix
Cast of Characters xxi
Prologue 1(2)
The Newlyweds
3(10)
Shansi
13(7)
The Great Famine
20(4)
The Oberlin Band: The Founding Members
24(15)
``Little America''
39(11)
Realities
50(12)
School Days
62(13)
``Paradise Cottage''
75(6)
The Associate Missionaries
81(11)
Friendships
92(21)
Triumphs and Adversities
113(17)
The Volcano
130(11)
The Boxers
141(17)
Colleagues
158(20)
Under Siege
178(25)
Paotingfu: The First Losses
203(11)
The Flight from Shou Yang
214(9)
Tai Yuan: The Courtyard of Slaughter
223(11)
Taiku: Cornered
234(23)
Fenchow-fu: Escape to Tragedy
257(12)
Aftermath
269(19)
Epilogue 288(5)
Appendix 293(4)
Notes 297(24)
Bibliography 321(6)
Index 327

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