Violet's Flight, Or, Kahbia

David R. Beasley

sij 2010. · David Beasley

O ovoj e-knjizi

Japanese Armies invaded an almost defenseless Burma in 1942, sending tens of thousands fleeing over the mountains to India. Violet's Flight narrates the experiences of a young Anglo-Burmese girl and her relatives growing up happily under the British and their ordeal either escaping the Japanese or living under the occupation or fighting in the resistance. The battles won by the allied armies coming out of India to retake Burma in 1944-45 are seen through the eyes of Japanese officers. The Anglo- Burmese girl leaves post-war Burma for the West. “... not a read to be missed, highly recommended,”—The Midwest Book Review.  

O autoru

 David R. Beasley was born and schooled in Hamilton, Ontario. He graduated from McMaster University with a B.A. [Literature and History], studied in Paris and Vienna. In New York City, he earned a master’s degree in Library Science, worked in the New York Public Research Libraries, led the New York Library Guild, AFSCME Local 1930 and earned a PhD in political economy at the progressive New School for Social Research. He moved to Simcoe, Ontario in 1992 and continued to write and publish books under his imprint Davus Publishing. Awarded Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal for his writings.