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Title:
American goddess at the rape of Nanking [electronic resource] : the courage of Minnie Vautrin

American goddess at the rape of Nanking the courage of Minnie Vautrin
Author:
Hu, Hualing
ISBN:
9780585314495
Uniform Title:
Jinling yong sheng. English
Publication Information:
Carbondale, Ill. : Southern Illinois University Press, c2000.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxiv, 184 p.) : ill.
Contents:
Foreword / Paul Simon -- Republican China before 1945 -- Nanking, 1937-38 -- Nanking safety zone, 1937-38 -- From Secor, Illinois, to Hofei, China -- Administrating Ginling College -- In China's chaotic years -- The year of 1937 and the barbaric rape of Nanking -- The living goddess in the tragic and dark days -- The last days of her life -- Epilogue. Gin Ling Yung Shen (Ginling Forever).
Abstract:
"Hua-ling Hu presents here the amazing untold story of the American missionary Minnie Vautrin, whose unswerving defiance of the Japanese protected ten thousand Chinese women and children and made her a legend among the Chinese people she served." -- Jacket.
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