China Mailbag Uncensored: Letters from an American GI in World War II China and India [Hardcover]

Lou Glist (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 15, 2004 | ISBN-10: 188537321X | ISBN-13: 978-1885373212

The China-Burma-India theater of war is vividly portrayed in this collection of illustrated letters. Glists fascinating artwork now hangs in Liuchow Museum.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 306 pages
• Publisher: Emerald Ink, Inc./Emerald Ink Publishing (May 15, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 188537321X
• ISBN-13: 978-1885373212
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #791,014 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Letters to Lottie, October 7, 2000

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This review is from: China Mailbag Uncensored: Letters from an American GI in World War II China and India (Hardcover)

China Mailbag Uncensored-- a stunning book full of color, character, and the atmosphere of India, Burma, and China during World War 11. The story is told through the culture-shocked eyes of a young U.S. Army lieutenant as he writes illustrated letters to his bride at home. Punctuated with pictorial cartoons and picturesque art, this page-turning book takes the reader through experiences on a Jim Crow train as it races toward the Pacific to launch its soldiers on an adventure through submarine-infested waters to get to the China-India-Burma theater of war. The drama unfolds in the crowded streets of Calcutta, sweeps you across the Himalayan Mountains, and impresses upon you the scenes of war-torn China. Lou Glist, the artist-author, is there to join the Chinese in their fight against a Japanese foe who has conquered and occupied more than one-half of their country. Lou pictures starving soldiers, coolies carrying impossible loads, farmers working rice fields with oxen, Buddhist temples, hardships, disease, misfortunes, and life situations where there is no clean water, electricity, air conditioning, heating, and all the comforts of home. Imagine yourself in a strange land, living with people who have strange customs, a strange language, strange food, feeling the pain of anxiety, and laughing at yourself and your own reactions. If you do this, you will appreciate what this gifted , young soldier went through to give us a stream of human interest episodes on his odyssey of 18,000 miles. As you are drawn through this steady flow of observations, you will understand why these letters to Lottie are such an enduring treasure. You also will have a new appreciation for the sacrifice American soldiers, sailors, and marines made to give us global peace and prosperity today.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a CBI GI in the Greatest Generation, August 7, 2006

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Walter W. Ko "Walter Ko" (St Louis, MO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: China Mailbag Uncensored: Letters from an American GI in World War II China and India (Hardcover)

Lou, a young GI left his newly-wed wife Lottie for battle fields of India and China. He kept her connected and informed through his mailbag of sharp observation in words and talented artistic sketch so vivid that people described almost popped out from the pages. His letter never had a dull moment and was loaded with concise interesting background information so that his wife understood what he observed and felt culturally, politically and historically. He witnessed the reality from a far away modern country to war-torn nations without the arrogant and superior attitude. He saw the good, the bad and the ugly. Readers would easily comprehend the devastated China and the suffering of the innocent and helpless victims assaulted by the invading Japanese.
His smiling helpful attitude won him many friends. After the war, he promoted the friendship between American and Chinese people. Should he work for State Department, Asia history would have a different outcome. I had the fortune of sharing my love and respect to him by email in 2004. He related his 60th Wedding Anniversary honeymoon trip to China with wife Lottie to refresh his memory before he passed away last year.
I treasure his friendship and I feel we became bosom comrades by reading his book with cheering "Gan Bay" drinking party. Lou belongs to the Greatest Generation. My recommendation is that Lou's book should be classified as a must-read literature for the American idol generation to learn and carry on the mission of humanity, freedom and justice.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must-have for any libray with an East Asia or WWII history collections as well as WWII buffs., August 25, 2005

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Zehao Zhou - See all my reviews
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This review is from: China Mailbag Uncensored: Letters from an American GI in World War II China and India (Hardcover)

This book depicts life in China and India in such colorful and humorous ways. For a chinese-American who knows so little about China of the 1940s, it is a godsend. It helps me udnerstand the social, cultural, military, and economic aspects of life in China during that era. I feel very fortunate to have read and be in possession of this incredible book. It is without any doubt a collector's item for any WWII buffs.