Author: Mark ONeill
Edition: 1st
Number Of Pages: 279
Publisher: Joint Publishing
Release Date: 01-05-2012
Details: Paperback. Pub Date :2012-05-01 Pages: 280 Language: English Publisher: Joint Publishing Frederick O'Neill. an Irish Presbyterian missionary. lived for forty-five years in Faku. a small town in Manchuria. northeast China. From 1897 until his expulsion by the Japanese army in 1942. he witnessed and reported the extraordinary events that convulsed China - the Boxer Rebellion. the Great Manchurian Plague. the overthrow of the Qing dynasty and the Japanese invasion of Manchuria. He also served with the China Labour Corps in France in World War One. Mark. O'Neill. his grandson. traces his footsteps and presents an eloquent account of a man in a largely forgotten page in history. From his abundant upbringing in Britain. to the culture shock he experienced upon arriving in Manchuria. to receiving the Wen-Hu medal for his work with the CLC in World War One. the author pays tribute t...
EAN: 9789620432002
Package Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
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