Survival Arts

A "Little Red Book" of another kind

A few hours ago, I went on a somewhat controlled shopping binge at one of my favorite used book shops, one in Sunnyvale, California. I found this little gem, TM-633, "Chinese Phrase Book" published by the U.S. War Department in 1943:

Included phrases in this pre-Maoist American Little Red Book run the gamut from "Are there Taoist priests in the mountains?" to "I have been poisoned" to "Don't try any tricks!" to "You will be rewarded" to "Give my horse water."

Posted by Russell Whitaker at February 21, 2006 01:15 AM | TrackBack