Wandering Knights

A memoir of China during World War II, when Barnett, a US airman, shared friendship and scholarly interests with a young Chinese historian. They translated part of an ancient Chinese history, and met again in 1982. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Barnett, Robert W.

Chapter I A Letter Evokes a Name; Chapter II Kunming Knights; Chapter III Washington Reunion; Chapter IV Prose and Poetry; Chapter V Unfair Ordeals; Chapter VI Substance and Maneuver; Chapter VII Source of Memory: Eight Squares; Chapter VIII Tsinghua / Tientsin / Tokyo; Chapter IX Friends, Lovers, and Betrayals; Chapter X Genesis of Cultural Revolution; Chapter XI Essences of Mandate; Chapter XII Picnic; Chapter XIII Human Rights and Solarz; Chapter XIV Friendly Critic; Chapter XV Washington to Peking: Attenuation of Voice; Chapter XVI Eulogy and Quietness;