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Pleasantville 1939, Reader's Digest. Yellow stiff wrappers, very good, 4p. article by Abend, from the American Mercury magazine, published by H.L. Mencken & George J. Nathan. With other articles. October 1939, vol.35, no.210, 18th year. . *** Abend was chief correspondent in China, and friend to Major General Claire Chennault, founder and commander of the "FLYING TIGERS" and A.V.G. [AMERICAN VOLUNTEER GROUP], fighting the Japanese in Burma, French Indo China and in China. . He has written several other important books about China. . * A respected and authorative author. . *** *** HALLETT EDWARD ABEND: [1884-1955]: He was a journalist, going to China in in 1926, as chief correspondant for the New York Times in Peking. .On August 22, 1937, he was among those wounded when a heavy artillery shell exploded in the heart of the international quarter. He was beaten by Japanese military police. His reporting of the "Rape of Nanking" in 1937 exposed the extent of Japanese atrocities in the city. Will Rogers regarded Hallett as perhaps the best informed American on Chinese affairs. . *** BIBLIOGRAPHY: . The author was a specialist on China & Japan, he several fascinating items: JAPAN CAN'T RULE CHINA CAN CHINA SURVIVE ? CHAOS IN ASIA THE GOD FROM THE WEST: A Biography of F. Townsend Ward. JAPAN UNMASKED MY LIFE IN CHINA 1926-1941 TORTURED CHINA TREATY PORTS OF CHINA . *.
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