13 records matched your query       

Author:

Lyman, Robert, author.

Title:

Among the headhunters : an extraordinary World War II story of survival in the Burmese jungle / Robert Lyman.

Publisher:

Da Capo Pressa member of the Perseus Books Group,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xxiii, 262 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Subject:

Sevareid, Eric,--1912-1992.
World War, 1939-1945--Burma.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945--Jungle warfare.
Naga (South Asian people)--Burma.
Burma--History--Japanese occupation, 1942-1945.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-246) and index.

Contents:

Dumbastapur -- Burmese days -- Banzai! -- The crash -- Vinegar Joe -- The passengers -- Dr. Sevareid, I presume? -- Taming the Nagas -- The 1936 punitive expedition -- The battle of Pangsha -- Return to Mokokchung -- Eric and the headhunters -- Mongsen -- The sahib of Mokokchung -- The long walk home -- Return to Chabua -- Blackie's gang.

ISBN:

0306824671
9780306824678

LCCN:

2016006387

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

VTPD454 -- Cresco Public Library (Cresco)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)