The Naga Queen : Ursula Graham Bower and Her Jungle Warriors, 1939-45
by Thomas, Vicky
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0752464019
- ISBN 13
- 9780752464015
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Stroud, Gloucestershire: The History Press. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. (2012). First Edition. Hardcover. 0752464019 . Ex-library. Library labels and markings. Dust-jacket in clear plastic, taped to boards and endpapers.; 238, [2 (blank)] pages + 32 illustrations on 8 plate leaves. Page dimensions: 233 x 152mm. "In 1937, Ursula Bower visited Nagaland at the invitation of a friend, and on a dispensary tour encountered the Naga people. She was so taken was with their striking dignity, tribal pride, and unique culture that she arranged to live among them to write an anthropological study. But she became more than an observerliving alone among them, Ursula was integrated into their village life, becoming their figurehead when in 1944 the Japanese invaded the jungles of Nagaland from Burma. The Nagas turned to her for leadership and with the support of General Slim, her Naga guides were armed and trained to patrol and repel the Japanese incursions. The Nagas courage and loyalty were duly recognized, and after the conflict Ursula, with Naga support, went on to run a jungle training school for the RAF. Later, with her husband, Tim Betts, as Political Officer, she worked among the volatile tribes of the remote Apa Tani Valley, bordering Tibet. Following the Independence of India in 1947, Ursula returned to her highland roots, but to her death in 1988, her experiences among the Naga people shaped and directed her life." .
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- Seller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 24850
- Title
- The Naga Queen : Ursula Graham Bower and Her Jungle Warriors, 1939-45
- Author
- Thomas, Vicky
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0752464019
- ISBN 13
- 9780752464015
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Place of Publication
- Stroud, Gloucestershire
- Date Published
- (2012)
- Keywords
- 0752464019
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About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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