![]() ![]() World order of western China near a century ago. Story of how Young Fu, whose father was less than diligent, is taken under the wings of, and adopted by, a coppersmith whose finds him worthy. ![]() Elizabeth Foreman Lewis has Collaborated With. Set in pre-World War II China in the city of Chungking, Szechuan - the city of hills above the Three Gorges, dominated by warlords, secret societies, bandits, hoodlums, opium, penetration of Western ideas, and by 1937, the wartime capitol of China during the Sino-Japanese War. Images courtesy of publishers, organizations, and sometimes their Twitter handles. Winner of the Newbery Award (1933) and the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award (1960).First novel (1932) from children's author and Methodist missionary to China, Elizabeth Foreman Lewis (1892 - 1958). ![]() First published 1932 this is a 1969 reprint. Lewis does not preach these values rather, she portrays Young Fu acquiring them through experience and through his relationship with the master craftsman Tang. DJ/NF w/loss to front inner flap under library mylar. ![]()
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