60 Years Life/Adventure (2v Set): Sixty Yrs Life Adv Far Et

by John Dill Ross

Overview

First Published in 1968. Life and Adventures in the Far East is a record of Captain Northwood's adventures into Borneo, Saigon, Singapore, Aden, that of his businesses.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781136996054
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/05/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	847
File size:	43 MB
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About the Author

John Dill Ross

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION-THE BRITISH IN BORNEO. CHAPTER I. CAPTAIN NORTHWOOD. CHAPTER II. LABUAN IN THE OLDEN DAYS. CHAPTER IV.--CAPTAIN NORTHWOOD MAKES A VOYAGE TO SAIGON. CHAPTER V.-NORTHWOOD, JUNIOR, BECOMES SOMETHING IN THE CITY. CHAPTER VI. SINGAPORE IN BAYSWATER. CHAPTER VII.-EN ROUTE FOR SINGAPORE. CHAPTER VIII.-THE COMMENCEMENT OF A CAREER. CHAPTER X.-WOODLEIGH. CHAPTER XI.-A YER MANIS. CHAPTER XII.-JOHNNY NORTHWOOD STARTS BUSINESS ON HIS OWN ACCOUNT. CHAPTER XIII.-ABOUT POLITICS IN BORNEO. CHAPTER XIV.-JOHNNIE NORTHWOOD'S FIRST EXPEDITION. CHAPTER XV.·THE FIRM OF NORTHWOOD AND SON. CHAPTER XVI.-A LITTLE CORNER IN SAGO-FLOUR. CHAPTER XVII.-THE DEWAKAN REEF. CHAPTER XIX.-OF THE NEWS WHICH AWAITED JOHN DILLON NORTHWOOD ON HIS ARRIVAL o\T SINGAPORE. CHAPTER XX.-SOCIETY DOINGS. CHAPTER XXI.-THE TURN OF THE TIDE. CHAPTER XXII.-THE CRISIS