Peter Fleming
Hier is aflevering negen van Bureau Breuker over Peter Fleming en diens boeken over Mantsjoerije en Manchukuo.
Hier is de mp3 (320kbps):
Podcast: Peter Fleming, de broer van
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Podcast: Man And Mystery In Asia (NL)
Hier is aflevering zes (in de podcast zelf abusievelijk aflevering vijf genoemd…) over het boek Man And Mystery In Asia van de onvolprezen Ferdinand Ossendowski. Ik hoor graag wat je ervan vond.
En hier is het bestand (mp3 320 kbps):
Man And Mystery in Asia – Ferdinand Ossendowski
I was lucky this weekend to get a chance to read a book which has been lying on my desk for a few months now (next to
Man And Mystery In Asia
the ever-growing pile of the latest research in my field…): Man And Mystery in Asia by Ferdinand Ossendowski, the Polish noble/ chemist/ biologist/ geologist/ explorer/ fugitive from the Cheka and the Bolsheviks/ bestseller author/ hunter/ storyteller extraordinaire. I’m sure I’m leaving a number of defining qualifications out of this description, but the fact that he saw the inside of a prison both under the Tsar and under the Bolsheviks on account of ideological crimes tells you something about the man. That he was a fundamentally decent and courageous person. Or incredibly stupid and unfortunate to fall foul of two such formidable enemies,
When The Sorghum Was High – John Joseph Considine, M.M.
I just bought this book, “a narrative biography of Father Gerard A. Donovan of Pittsburghm Pennsylvania, a Maryknoll Missioner slain by bandits in Manchukuo.” I haven’t read it yet, but the story seems to have made quite an impact back when. Enough at least to warrant at least eight printings. I bought the cheap 1952 paperback (original price $2.50), but the hardcover from 1940 looks much nicer and came with a dust jacket. A quick internet search also resulted in many, many hits in predominantly Catholic newspapers.
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