Author Name: A H Williams
Title: Afoot and Afloat in Burma A H Williams 1922 [Hardcover] by Williams, A H
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used: Very Good
Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Review and Herald Publishing Assoc 1922-01-01
Seller ID: 547
Publisher: Review and Herald Publishing Assoc
Date of Publication: 1922
Binding: hard cover
Edition: First Edition
Condition: Very Good/No Jacket
Description: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall A. H. Williams, Review and Herald Publishing Assoc., 1922, first edition, Green Cloth Hardcover, 224 pages, 7 3/4" tall, A fascinating primary missionary resource on the Burmese, including the Karens, Talings, Taungthus, Shans, Chins and Kachin peoples. An introduction to Burma, its peoples, their customs, religions. The Aung Baw or water-buffalo and its uses, rice cultivation, palm trees for every purpose, the making & use of elephants of wild ones, floating logs down river, building of houses. Getting food from the river, Buddhist boys and monasteries, how young Burmans make merry, canoe & bullock cart through the floods. With Ma Dwa at the school house, strange Burmese ways of helping the sick, of bamboo houses, market day, into the Shan hills by train and caravan. Missionary work am
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45.00 USD
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