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Synopsis
In China, the decade following 1937 was characterized by cataclysmic social, political, and economic upheavals. The capital city of Nanking, savaged by Japanese atrocities and destruction, was a dismal place and a virtual tinderbox of riots and demonstrations, often directed at Americans. Author Peggy Kordick writes a compelling account of her years in Nanking between 1946 and 1948 revealing a pivotal time in international history. The story emerges from meticulously preserved letters the author wrote to her parents detailing the two years she and her husband spent as missionaries in China at the end of World War II. Candid photographs capture the mood of the period and the far reaching events of that time. Readers will remember "Life and Death in Nanking" long after the book is closed.
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About the Author
Born in Iowa, Peggy Kordick was an idealistic teenager of the 30s and 40s. Married in 1942, she completed her Bachelor's degree at the University of California at Berkeley before sailing to China with her two young children in 1946 to join her husband as a missionary in Nanking.
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- PublisherAmerican Literary Press, Inc.
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 1561678244
- ISBN 13 9781561678242
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages152
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