No joke, James' : the world according to William Wong Tsap En / edited by James Wong Kim Min



Digitised Book 216.73.216.10 (0)

1985

No joke, James' : the world according to William Wong Tsap En / edited by James Wong Kim Min

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This book is a collection of William Wong Tsap En's available correspondence as edited by his oldest son James Wong Kim Min. 'No joke' was an expression William Wong used often, during hard times in the 1930s.

Subjects

Chinese--Borneo--Correspondence

Categories

Heritage and Culture Prose

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Title
No joke, James' : the world according to William Wong Tsap En / edited by James Wong Kim Min
Creators
  • Wong, William Tsap En, d. 1945
Subject
  • Chinese--Borneo--Correspondence
Publisher
  • Summer Times Pub., 1985
  • National Library Board Singapore, 1985
Contributors
  • Wong, James Kim Min, Dato, 1922-
Digital Description
application/pdf, 443 p. ill., maps, ports.
Table of Contents
  • Preface -- Introduction -- Glossary -- 1. Early life -- 2. Papa on language -- 3. Independence -- 4. Papa on gambling -- 5. Humiliation -- 6. Papa the planter -- 7. Cecilia. Bee -- 8. Montgomery -- 9. Papa on fishing -- 10. Nellie. Servants -- 11. Partition -- 12. James on honouring one's parents -- 13. Health -- 14. The new home -- 15. Papa on children -- 16. Henry -- 17. Assignment -- 18. War -- 19. Papa and mama.
Copyright
  • All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2009.