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5%OFFThomas Kitching - Life and Death in Changi: The War and Internment Diary of Thomas Kitching [1942-1944] - 9789813065635 - V9789813065635
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Life and Death in Changi: The War and Internment Diary of Thomas Kitching [1942-1944]

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Description for Life and Death in Changi: The War and Internment Diary of Thomas Kitching [1942-1944] Paperback. Englishman Thomas Kitching died, aged 54, in Changi Prison in April 1944. Interned by the Japanese in 1942, Kitching, who was the Chief Surveyor of Singapore, faithfully kept a diary from December 1941. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BJ; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
Englishman Thomas Kitching died, aged 54, in Changi Prison in April 1944. Interned by the Japanese in 1942, Kitching, who was the Chief Surveyor of Singapore, faithfully kept a diary from December 1941. Only now made accessible, it provides meticulous details and insights into the lives and deaths of the internees and into the functioning of the prison. It is a tragic story of a family torn asunder by the war.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Landmark Books Pte.Ltd ,Singapore
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
, Singapore
ISBN
9789813065635
SKU
V9789813065635
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Reviews for Life and Death in Changi: The War and Internment Diary of Thomas Kitching [1942-1944]
"The most detailed and important diary that has survived describing the life of civilian internees in Changi." John Bastin Emeritus Reader Modern History of South-East Asia, University of London "[Readers] will find a meticulous account of the day to day events, some frightening, appalling, inspiring, funny, fatal, all true and honest. It is a picture of the way things ... Read more

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