James G. Endicott: Rebel out of China

Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Product Code: YB01726
ISBN: 0802023770
Author: Stephen Lyon Endicott
Condition: Used Very Good

Price: $89.99

Signed by the author on the half-title page. Book in excellent condition; dust jacket shows shelf wear. All detail inquiries welcome. 1st Edition

The subject of this moving biography (by his son) is James Gareth Endicott (1898–1993), a Canadian clergyman. A Canadian missionary in China from 1925 until 1946, he returned to Canada in 1947. At a time when western countries were backing Chiang Kaishek and were optimistic about his government, Endicott advised the Canadian government that the Kuomintang regime's fall was imminent and then went public with his predictions and his denunciation of the Kuomintang as corrupt. His comments were denounced as traitorous by the media and he was labelled the most reviled Canadian of the year for his support of the Chinese Revolution and the Communist Party of China. He was criticized by the United Church for his support of the revolution. This is an important book on the Chinese revolution, ideological controversy in the West, and an extraordinary man.
Binding
Hardcover  
Edition
1980 1st Edition
Condition
Used Very Good
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Language
English