Elizabeth Zillah Janes Novak

Shanghai Baby: The Adventures of an American Girl from the Far East to the Midwest (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

An Extraordinary Legacy: Born in Shanghai, China, in an era between the World Wars, Zillah Janes inherited a natural spirit of adventure. Her father, an American businessman in the Far East, met and married in Tokyo her mother, a British governess who had escaped both Poland and Russia in the wake of war and revolution. Their two daughters grew up among Shanghai's international community, where Zillah became a keen observer of local culture. Her story features remarkable events: • How she became the youngest American at the time to hold her own passport • Traveling the world by steamship, including a voyage through the Suez Canal and Straits of Gibraltar • Her family's evacuation of Shanghai under falling bombs and shrapnel • Living as temporary refugees in Manila and Singapore before returning to Japanese-occupied Shanghai • Summers in Java and Bali after her father's reassignment to the Dutch East Indies • Leaving her Shanghai home behind as World War 2 loomed • Reunion with her father after the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor while his ship convoy transited the Pacific • How she adjusted to American culture: from Berkeley, California, to the suburbs of Chicago and the Midwest, to Hollywood and Southern California Over 150 vintage photos and three maps illustrate this unique and personal reflection on a fascinating time in world history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: JLRediting
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. August 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781005043094
• Artikelnr.: 69740089

Autorenporträt

Writing has been part of my DNA, as my mother was a great letter writer and documented her travels through Europe, Russia, and on to the Far East. I have kept journals of my own travels, written poetry, and penned devotional reflections throughout my life. As an active Docent at a museum, I have found that history and biographies are my favorite kind of reading, and I love helping children discover different cultures and interesting artifacts. My own creative projects range from art, handcrafts, and do-it-yourself home maintenance. Since my childhood during the 1930s and 1940s was unusual, my family urged me to write an autobiography.