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Online-Ressource (277 p)
ISBN:
9789814408141
Content:
From the very beginning, Singapore's promise of adventure and romance lured visitors to her shores. Travellers came from everywhere and found in Singapore so much to amaze and amuse, so much to write home about. The tales selected for this collection take the reader back to the early days of Singapore when pirates roamed the seas and tigers ate Chinamen for breakfast. It was an era of rickshaws and gharries, of pepper and gambier plantations, of secret societies and opium dens. Through the eyes of more than 60 visitors are seen glimpses of a place, a time and a way of life that is very differe
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Cover; Contents; Preface; Authors; Illustrations; Skulls on the Sand; The Fate of Singapore; The Flage on the Hill; A Visit to the Rajah; Occupations; Scorpions in the Cabin; For Recovery of Health; Shooting the Stag; Attacked by a Tiger; A Cottage in the Jungle; For Change of Air; An Eastern Scene; In The Chinese Bazaar; Wild Pariah Dogs; Long Tails & Loose Trousers; A Party of Convicts; Amok; A Chinese Burglar; A Scene of Terror; A Chinaman's Garden; Into The Interior; Who Would be a Snake?; Human Sacrifice; Little Short of Slavery; Hot Dusty Town; A Fortune Teller
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How Odd Everything LookedFashion; A Very Agreeable Guest; Punkahs Everywhere; Coloured Lanterns & Singing Girls; A Dutch Wife; Monkeys & Green Lizards; Greater Town; Carriage & Pair 5 Per Day; These Rikisha Occasions; First Glimpse of Barbarism; Pukkah Tuans; Flying Pigtails Everywhere; Richshaw Strike; The Cleverest Monkey; A Favourite Place for Europeans; In High Spirits; Chinks, Drinks & Stinks; Mutiny; War Intermezzo; A Real man-Eater; Globe-Trotters Killing Time; This Mystic Eastern City; Stranger at Sinapore; The Whitest Man In Singapore; Then Entered Hamlet; The Shadow of a Woman
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Simply WonderfulA Sailors' Rendezvous; Prison & Pork; An Eastern Petticoat Lane; Monsoons & Sumatras; A Most Mazing Adventure; The Daily Double; Secret Shame; Yam Seng; Britain's Fortress; Heavy Casualties; Unconditional Surrender; Escape; Glossary; Events; Acknowledgements; Index
Additional Edition:
9789814677301
Additional Edition:
9789814408141
Additional Edition:
Print version Travellers' Tales of Old Singapore
Language:
English
Keywords:
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