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Description edit
Ernest Hemingway and Martha Gellhorn had no idea of what they would discover when they set out for Hong Kong, China, and Burma in 1941. The husband-and-wife team of celebrity literati intended to report on the China-Japan war while honeymooning in the romantic Far East. What they found was a... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Martha Gellhorn: Add a description of this character.
- Ernest Hemingway
- Morgenthau
- Collier
- Ingersoll
- Madame Chiang
- Harry Dexter White
- Royal Leonard
- W. Langhorne Bond
- Lederer
- Emily Hahn
- Chiang Kai-shek
- Chou En-lai
- Generalissimo
- Southard
- H. H. Kung
- Charles Scribner
- Currie
- T. V. Soong
- Boxer
- Cohen
- Lavalle
- Roosevelt
- Hudson
- Theodore White
- Chengtu
- Henry Luce
- Max Perkins
- Mao Tse-tung
- Charlie Soong
- Whatchumacallit
- Chenery
Setting & Locations edit
- China
- Hong Kong Hotel
- Chungking
- Kuomintang
- Japan
- United States
- Singapore
- Asia
- America
- Kunming
- Burma Road
- Europe
- New York
- Canton
- Shanghai
- Hawaii
- Spain
- Washington
- Shaokwan
- Kowloon
- Far East
- Cuba
- Hsia
- East Indies
- Lashio
- Manila
- Britain
- Pacific
- Kweilin
- San Francisco
- Africa
- Germany
- Rangoon
- London
- North River
- Guam
- Batavia
- Manchuria
- Bell Tolls
- France
- Malaya
- Paris
- Islands
- Soviet Union
- Hong Kong Island
- White House
- Yangtze River
- Finland
First Sentence edit
The journey was Martha Gellhorn's idea, a fact that would repeatedly come back to haunt her.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Peter Moreira (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 818.5203
Subjects edit
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Professionals & Academics › Journalists
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Professionals & Academics › Military & Spies
- Books › History › Military › World War II
- Books › History › Asia › China
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Arts & Literature › Authors
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Leaders & Notable People › Military
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature
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