Leaving China : an artist paints his World War II childhood / James McMullan.
James McMullan was born in Tsingtao, North China, in 1934, the grandson of missionaries who settled there. As a little boy, Jim took for granted a privileged life of household servants, rickshaw rides, and picnics on the shore—until World War II erupted and life changed drastically. Jim’s father, a British citizen fluent in several Chinese dialects, joined the Allied forces. For the next several years, Jim and his mother moved from one place to another—Shanghai, San Francisco, Vancouver, Darjeeling—first escaping Japanese occupation then trying to find security, with no clear destination except the unpredictable end of the war. For Jim, those ever-changing years took on the quality of a dream, sometimes a nightmare, a feeling that persists in the stunning full-page, full-color paintings that along with their accompanying text tell the story of Leaving China.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781616202552
- ISBN: 1616202556
- Physical Description: 113 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin, 2014.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Maps on lining papers.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Throwing a Grape 4 -- Two Houses 6 -- James and Lily Arrive 8 -- Cemetery Tower 10 -- Saving the Babies 12 -- Building the Orphanage 14 -- Cutwork Embroidery 16 -- Lily Finds Buyers 18 -- Four Siblings 20 -- James Jr. Brings Back a Bride 22 -- Life in Cheefoo 24 -- My Mother in the Garden 26 -- My Father at the Piano 28 -- Musical 30 -- American Navy Visits 32 -- Drowned Man 34 -- Japanese Army Arrives 36 -- Japanese Commandant 38 -- Road Blockades 40 -- Night Runners 42 -- Chinese Scrolls 44 -- Costume Ball 46 -- At the Dock 48 -- USS President Coolidge 50 -- My Father Joins the British Army 52 -- White Houses and Green Lawns 54 -- Bad Nights in Grand Forks 56 -- Wrong Accent 58 -- Beautiful House 60 -- My Cousin Alan 62 -- Moment on the Reef 64 -- Russian Artist 66 -- Quartered in a Buddhist Temple 68 -- Leaving Salt Spring 70 -- Vaulting Horse 72 -- Weekends with Rose 74 -- My Father Is Reassigned 76 -- Leaving New York 78 -- Bombing Scare 80 -- Garden on Malabar Hill 82 -- Upper Bunk 84 -- Houseboat 86 -- Be a Man! 88 -- Calisthenics 90 -- Best Friend 92 -- Getting the News 94 -- General Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart 96 -- Flight 98 -- Crazy City 100 -- My Mother's Admirers 102 -- Across the River 104 -- Mr. Ryan 106 -- On the USS Breckenridge 108 -- All the Rest, Very Briefly 110.
- Target Audience Note:
- NC1280L Lexile
- Study Program Information Note:
- Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 7.7 3 164555.
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- 4 of 4 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Iredell County Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Statesville Main Library | YA B MCMULLAN MCM (Text) | 33114017402231 | Young Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
