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The Sacred Willow Four Generations in the Life of a Vietnamese Family
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The Sacred Willow Four Generations in the Life of a Vietnamese Family Hardcover - 1999

by Duong Van Mai Elliott

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N.Y./Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. Hb, xvi + 506pp, maps, b/w photos. VG with clean contents in VG dj. A family history beginning with the author's great grandfather Duong Lam, who rose from poverty to become a mandarin at the imperial court. Like other Vietnamese families, hers later became split between support for the French colonial regime and for the Communists, and experienced the tragedy of the Vietnam war with some evacuated whilst others remained behind.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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  • Title The Sacred Willow Four Generations in the Life of a Vietnamese Family
  • Author Duong Van Mai Elliott
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 544
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, N.Y./Oxford
  • Date 1999
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 053557
  • ISBN 9780195124347 / 0195124340
  • Weight 2.01 lbs (0.91 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.8 in (23.62 x 16.00 x 4.57 cm)
  • Reading level 1190
  • Library of Congress subjects Vietnam - History - 20th century, Vietnam - History - 19th century
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 98014204
  • Dewey Decimal Code 959.704

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About the author

Mai Elliott was born and raised in Vietnam and attended Georgetown University on a scholarship. She lived in Vietnam again from 1963 to 1968 and worked for the Rand Corporation interviewing Viet Cong prisoners of war. She returned to the U.S. in 1968 and now lives in California.

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