
More Tales from a Barren Rock
A varied collection of stories by a selection of authors about their time in 20th century Hong Kong in many different roles and occupations ā civil servants, soldiers, policemen, lawyers, pilots, architects, doctors, teachers, animal carers, snake catchers, entrepreneurs and administrators. Ā
There are tales about Vietnamese refugees, rampaging soldiery, club shenanigans, heritage conservation, disasters, typhoons, guerrillas, charity fundraising, parachuting, motorsport and bird watching; plus a fictional yarn or two and a childrenās story.
āThe colourful and amusing stories of a handful of 'foreign devils' who loved the barren rock and whose enthusiastic work and play helped to nourish the fertile soil of today's Hong Kong.ā
Peter Mann MBE Ā - Author of āSheriff of Wanchaiā
(The Sherriff Book's profit from the sale of this book will go to the Sailability HK charity.)
| ISBN : 9789887697428 | |
| EDITED BY Shirra, Guy Sanderson | |
| PUBLISHER : Sherriff Books | PUBLICATION DATE :Ā |
| COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : | IMPRINT :Ā |
| LANGUAGE : English | AGE : General |
| PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback | |
PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Biography, Literature & Literary studies
History & Archaeology
Society & Social Sciences
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A varied collection of stories by a selection of authors about their time in 20th century Hong Kong in many different roles and occupations ā civil servants, soldiers, policemen, lawyers, pilots, architects, doctors, teachers, animal carers, snake catchers, entrepreneurs and administrators. Ā
There are tales about Vietnamese refugees, rampaging soldiery, club shenanigans, heritage conservation, disasters, typhoons, guerrillas, charity fundraising, parachuting, motorsport and bird watching; plus a fictional yarn or two and a childrenās story.
āThe colourful and amusing stories of a handful of 'foreign devils' who loved the barren rock and whose enthusiastic work and play helped to nourish the fertile soil of today's Hong Kong.ā
Peter Mann MBE Ā - Author of āSheriff of Wanchaiā
(The Sherriff Book's profit from the sale of this book will go to the Sailability HK charity.)
| ISBN : 9789887697428 | |
| EDITED BY Shirra, Guy Sanderson | |
| PUBLISHER : Sherriff Books | PUBLICATION DATE :Ā |
| COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : | IMPRINT :Ā |
| LANGUAGE : English | AGE : General |
| PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback | |
PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Biography, Literature & Literary studies
History & Archaeology
Society & Social Sciences











