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Letcher, John Seymour; Jeans, Roger B.; Lyle, Katie Letcher - Good-Bye to Old Peking: The Wartime Letters Of U.S. Marine Captain John Seymour Letcher, 1937-1939 - 9780821412282 - V9780821412282
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Good-Bye to Old Peking: The Wartime Letters Of U.S. Marine Captain John Seymour Letcher, 1937-1939

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Description for Good-Bye to Old Peking: The Wartime Letters Of U.S. Marine Captain John Seymour Letcher, 1937-1939 hardcover. Num Pages: 262 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; BGA; HBJF; HBWQ; JWT; JWX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 658.

For two and a half years (1937–1939), Captain John Seymour Letcher commanded a company of the U.S. Embassy Marine Guard in Beijing (Peking). During that time, he wrote a series of letters to his parents in Virginia describing the life of a Westerner in the former imperial city. During that same time, China was invaded by Japan.
Captain Letcher describes the flavor of life in pre-Communist China — the food, servants, cold Peking winters and torrid summers, hunting, and excursions to the major tourist sites.
But his letters also tell of the Japanese slaughter of Chinese troops in ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
Number of Pages
262
Place of Publication
Athens, United States
ISBN
9780821412282
SKU
V9780821412282
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Letcher, John Seymour; Jeans, Roger B.; Lyle, Katie Letcher
Katie Letcher Lyle is the author of more than a dozen books. She has taught at Southern Seminary College, Hollins University, Washington and Lee University, and Randolph-Macon Woman’s College. She lives with her husband in Lexington, Virginia.

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