MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2008053862
003 DLC
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008 090105s2009 ncu b 001 0beng
010 $a 2008053862
020 $a9780786440085 (softcover : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
043 $aa-cc---
050 00 $aBV3427.A45$bT46 2009
082 00 $a266.0092$aB$222
100 1 $aThompson, Larry Clinton,$d1941-
245 10 $aWilliam Scott Ament and the Boxer Rebellion :$bheroism, hubris, and the "ideal missionary" /$cLarry Clinton Thompson.
260 $aJefferson, N.C. :$bMcFarland & Co., Inc., Publishers,$c2009.
263 $a0902
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPrologue -- The fists of righteous harmony -- Will Ament in China -- Red-headed devils in Peking -- The semi-siege -- Admiral see-no-more -- The Empress Dowager -- The assassination of the baron -- In the British legation -- Herbert Hoover and Smedley Butler -- A tour of the defenses -- The tartar wall -- The conquest of Tientsin -- The darkest days -- Life under siege -- Not massacred yet -- Marching to Peking -- Rescue -- Ament's palace -- The looting of Peking -- Mark Twain and Will Ament.
520 $a"In 1900 in China a movement known as the Boxers rose up and tried to destroy Western oppressors. This book focuses on American missionary William Scott Ament whose bravery and heroism was tarnished by hubris and looting. Readers may come to their own conclusions, this book provides history of the Boxer Rebellion and the siege of Peking"--Provided by publisher.
600 10 $aAment, William Scott,$d1851-1909.
650 0 $aMissionaries$zChina$vBiography.
651 0 $aChina$xHistory$yBoxer Rebellion, 1899-1901.
650 0 $aMissions$xChina.
651 0 $aChina$xChurch history$y20th century.