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GUNBOAT ON THE YANGTZE
THE DIARY OF CAPTAIN GLENN F.HOWELL OF THE USS "PALOS" |
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Glenn F. Howell, Dennis L. Noble (Editor) |
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Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0786412321 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780786412327 |
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| Publisher: |
MCFARLAND & CO INC |
| Pub. date: |
31 May, 2002 |
| Pages: |
192 |
| Description: |
Captain Glenn F. Howell kept a detailed account of his activities in China for 62 years. His journals now make up 202 leather-bound volumes. This work presents Howell's diary from June 6, 1920, to September 23, 1921, during which time he commanded the naval gunboat USS Palos on the Yangtze River. |
| Synopsis: |
This work presents Glenn F. Howell's diary from June 6, 1920, to September 23, 1921, during which time he commanded the naval gunboat USS Palos on the Yangtze River. First comes a biography of Howell, an overview of Chinese history 1800 to 1920, and a history of the U.S. military involvement in China during those years. Howell's time as commander of the USS Palos is divided into three sections. Preceding each, the editor comments on the nature of the upcoming diary entries. Howell covers a range of topics, including the Chinese people, various important locales (e.g., the Three Gorges), making official visits (his first as a captain), officer-enlisted man relations, opium, the steam navy, people who influenced him (S. Cornell Plant and Captain Joseph Miclo, skipper of the Meitan), missionaries and other foreigners in China (including U.S. military retirees), and "trackers" (China's human beasts of burden). |
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photographs, maps, notes, bibliography, index |
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US |
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McFarland & Co Inc |
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