Vintage White Coolie Ronald Hastain illus Ronald Searle

VINTAGE 'WHITE COOLIE' BY RONALD HASTAIN SC 1956 WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY RONALD SEARLE.  THE BRAVE AND UNAFFECTED RECORD OF A BRITISH WARRANT OFFICER.  THIS BOOK HAS BEEN WELL READ, THE COVERS ARE QUITE SCRUFFY, CREASING AT THE CORNERS AND AT THE SPINE, GRUBBY HANDLING MARKS AND RUBBING ALONG THE EDGES OF THE COVERS.  FOXING AND TANNING OF THE INSIDE PAGES CONSISTENT WITH AGE AND THERE IS SOME WRITING ON THE INSIDE OF THE FRONT COVER.  THERE IS SMALL TEARING AT THE SPINE OF THE FIRST FOUR OR FIVE PAGES AND ANOTHER SMALL TEAR ON THE BACK PAGE.  HAS ORIGINAL PRICE OF 3/6 ON THE FRONT COVER.

HERE IS A BRAVE, UNAFFECTED RECORD OF COURAGE AND ENDURANCE IN THE FACE OF A BRUTAL AND BARBARIC ENEMY.  IT IS A STORY OF FOUR YEARS OF HELL.  RONALD HASTAIN WAS TAKEN PRISONER AT THE FALL OF SINGAPORE IN 1942.  HIS CAPTORS KEPT HIM ON THE MOVE - ON ENFORCED MARCHES IN THE THICK JUNGLES OF SIAM, ON THE BUILDING OF A RAILWAY THAT COST AN UNTOLD NUMBER OF HUMAN LIVES, AND EVENTUALLY TO THE LAND OF THE RISING SUN ITSELF.

THE BOOK CONTAINS STRIKING ILLUSTRATIONS BY RONALD SEARLE WHO, LIKE THE AUTHOR, UNDERWENT THE HARROWING EXPERIENCE OF CAPTIVITY IN THE FAR EAST.

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