Publication

1958 - Lutterworth P, United Kingdom

Language

English

Word Count

47,250 words, Guess

Page Count

189 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC823.91

Description

Alone in a sampan with his pig and three ducklings, a little Chinese boy is whirled down a raging river, back to the town from which he and his parents had escaped the invading Japanese, and spends long and frightening days regaining his family and new home. The novel was based on the author's own experiences as a military flier in China during the Second World War. The book won the Josette Frank Award in 1956.

First Sentence

Rain raised the river.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • The House of sixty fathersLutterworth P1958-01-01

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