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Title: American Goddess at the Rape of Nanking: The Courage of Minnie Vautrin by Hua-Ling Hu, Paul Simon ISBN: 0-8093-2303-6 Publisher: Southern Illinois Univ Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: April, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The American warrior of the Greatest Generation
Comment: Minnie Vautrin was a lady with compassion. She devoted her life in bringing education to Chinese women and girls in 1920s to 30s. She was well remembered not only by the people of Nanking but also by all Chinese people. During the Rape of Nanking committed by the invading of Japansese military in 1937, she personally protected over ten thousand women and girls in her campus. This book showed her courage. It was a remarkable story of the female over the male, the weak over the strong, the peace over violence. However, over the past sixty years, not many Americans know of this woman of humanity. Last year, I had the good fortune to attend her memorial at Shephard, Michigan with a small group of friends and her relatives. I delivered a brief paper on behalf of the citizens of Nanking for their respect and love to her. Dr Bates, another international team members son of 1937 delivered the grave site prayer.
As Americans, you should not miss this woman of the greatest generation. In December 13 2002, a statue will be set up in Naking to honor this American to China.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Living Goddess
Comment: I first heard of the Rape of Nanking back in the year 1998 when I came across Iris Chang's _Rape of Nanking_ Since then I have read every book that I came across on the subject. Dr. Hu's book tells us of Minnie Vautrin an extraordinary woman who spent most of her life in China trying to help the Chinese people through education in religion. The book goes on to tell how Miss Vautrin risked her life day after day protecting thousands of Chinese women who seeked sanctuary at Miss Vautrin's college, Ginling.
Dr. Hu does a wonderful job giving the reader a backdrop of information, so the reader knows Japan and China's relationship with each other and the circumstances that led up to the Rape of Nanking. Dr. Hu also gives very detailed information in a short section about the history of American missionaries going to China. Wonderful book and an extraordinary woman.
Rating: 5
Summary: Moving biography with meticulous historical background
Comment: Author Hua-ling Hu presents the deeply moving biography of an American educator/missionary who remained in Nanking to help thousands of women and children facing death. I could not set down the book until I finished it, then I started again in order to gain a keen appreciation for the thorough historical scholarship using sources that have not been available until Hu brought them to our eyes. This book should be read by historians, by missionaries, by anyone interested in fascinating biographies -- it is a compelling story with exceptional historical scholarship as the backdrop.
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Title: The Good Man of Nanking : The Diaries of John Rabe by John Rabe ISBN: 0375701974 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 14 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II by Iris Chang, William C. Kirby ISBN: 0140277447 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: November, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Unit 731 Testimony by Hal Gold ISBN: 4900737399 Publisher: Charles E Tuttle Co Pub. Date: March, 1996 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Documents on the Rape of Nanking (Ann Arbor Paperbacks) by Timothy Brook ISBN: 0472086626 Publisher: University of Michigan Press Pub. Date: January, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Hidden Horrors: Japanese War Crimes in World War II (Transitions--Asia and Asian America) by Yuki Tanaka, Toshiyuki Tanaka, Yukiko Tanaka ISBN: 0813327180 Publisher: Westview Press Pub. Date: January, 1998 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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