The Iron Bowl Blues - Softcover
Ben Maartman and his wife Blanche travelled around the Pacific Rim in 1983-1983 including two months in China. This resulted in volunteering their services to teach in China at Suzhou College from September 1986 until June 1987. This is a memoir of their time there.
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About the Author:
Ben Maartman was born in Vancouver, B.C. in 1924. He served in the Royal Canadian Navy during WWII after which he attended the University of British Columbia and won a scholarship for Creative Writing. He graduated as a social worker and worked in corrections for many years as well as doing dozens of radio and TV drama and documentary scripts for the the CBC. He and his wife live on Vancouver Island.
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- PublisherFogducker's Press
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 096940400X
- ISBN 13 9780969404002
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages172
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The Iron Bowl Blues and Other Peeks Behind the Bamboo Curtain
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Fogducker's Press, Errington, BC, Canada
(1989)
ISBN 10: 096940400X
ISBN 13: 9780969404002
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The Iron Bowl Blues - The Frolics and Torments of Two Canadians Floundering Around in the Great Iron Bowl of Chinese Bureaucracy plus Other Peeks Behind the Bamboo Curtain
Published by
Fogducker's Press, Errington, BC, Canada
(1989)
ISBN 10: 096940400X
ISBN 13: 9780969404002
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Harding, Blanche (illustrator) (illustrator). Reprint. 172 pages. Recounts author's experiences in China whilst teaching English with his wife on a voluntary basis. "I was like the ancient mariner; under a terrible compulsion to stop western travellers and tourists and hold them by the lapel as I babbled off all the iniquities of the monstrous oriental madhouse. "What is it like to experience waiting to be executed? It is lastingly horrifying even by vicarous experience. Believe me." But don't worry, there were lighter moments as well! Author won the Brissendon Scholarship for creative writing at the University of British Columbia. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 52806037
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