The Good Man of Nanking: The Diaries of John Rabe
by John Rabe
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0316847682
- ISBN 13
- 9780316847681
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Synopsis
John Rabe was born in Hamburg in 1882. He lived in China from 1908 to 1938, where his last position was that of director of the Siemens office in Nanking. He died impoverished and unrecognized in Berlin in 1950. Dr. Erwin Wickert, noted scholar and German ambassador to China from 1976 to 1980, first met Rabe in 1936 in Nanking. He is the author of several books about East Asia, including the best-selling China Seen from the Inside . With 2 maps and 59 illustrations. The translator, John E.Woods, lives in San Diego, California.
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- Bookseller
- Taos Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30070
- Title
- The Good Man of Nanking: The Diaries of John Rabe
- Author
- John Rabe
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0316847682
- ISBN 13
- 9780316847681
- Publisher
- Little, Brown
- Place of Publication
- Australia
- Date Published
- 1999-01-14
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾"
- Keywords
- John Rabe|The Good Man on Nanking
- Bookseller catalogs
- Memoir;
- X weight
- 16 oz
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