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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Grescoe, Taras.     Subjects     Hahn, Emily, 1905-1997 -- Travel -- China -- Shanghai.     Hahn, Emily, 1905-1997 -- Relations with men.     Sassoon, Elias Victor, 1881-1961 -- Friends and associates.     Cathay Hotel (Shanghai, China) -- History.     Hotels -- China -- Shanghai -- History.     Americans -- China -- Shanghai -- Biography.     Adventure and adventurers -- China -- Shanghai -- Biography.     Aliens -- China -- Shanghai -- Biography.     Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 -- Social aspects -- China -- Shanghai.     Women journalists -- United States -- Biography.     Women authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.     Women travelers -- China -- Shanghai -- Biography.     Travel writers -- United States -- Biography.     Hotelkeepers -- China -- Shanghai -- Biography.     Shanghai (China) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.     Shanghai (China) -- History -- 20th century.     Shanghai (China) -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Grescoe, Taras.       by title:      Shanghai grand : for...       by call number:      951.132 G831s     Search the Web     Grescoe, Taras.     Hahn, Emily, 1905-1997 -- Travel -- China -- Shanghai.     Hahn, Emily, 1905-1997 -- Relations with men.     Sassoon, Elias Victor, 1881-1961 -- Friends and associates.     Cathay Hotel (Shanghai, China) -- History.     Hotels -- China -- Shanghai -- History.     Americans -- China -- Shanghai -- Biography.     Adventure and adventurers -- China -- Shanghai -- Biography.     Aliens -- China -- Shanghai -- Biography.     Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 -- Social aspects -- China -- Shanghai.     Women journalists -- United States -- Biography.     Women authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.     Women travelers -- China -- Shanghai -- Biography.     Travel writers -- United States -- Biography.     Hotelkeepers -- China -- Shanghai -- Biography.     Shanghai (China) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.     Shanghai (China) -- History -- 20th century.     Shanghai (China) -- Biography.       MARC Display

Shanghai grand : forbidden love and international intrigue on the eve of the Second World War / Taras Grescoe. by Grescoe, Taras. Harper Avenue, [2016]. Call #: 951.132 G831s Subjects Hahn, Emily, 1905-1997 -- Travel -- China -- Shanghai.   Hahn, Emily, 1905-1997 -- Relations with men.   Sassoon, Elias Victor, 1881-1961 -- Friends and associates.   Cathay Hotel (Shanghai, China) -- History.   Hotels -- China -- Shanghai -- History.   Americans -- China -- Shanghai -- Biography.   Adventure and adventurers -- China -- Shanghai -- Biography.   Aliens -- China -- Shanghai -- Biography.   Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 -- Social aspects -- China -- Shanghai.   Women journalists -- United States -- Biography.   Women authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.   Women travelers -- China -- Shanghai -- Biography.   Travel writers -- United States -- Biography.   Hotelkeepers -- China -- Shanghai -- Biography.   Shanghai (China) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.   Shanghai (China) -- History -- 20th century.   Shanghai (China) -- Biography. ISBN:  9781443425537 (hc.) Edition:  First Canadian edition. Description:  [xvii], 455 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm. Notes:  Published in U.S. by St. Martin's Press under title Shanghai Grand : forbidden love and international intrigue in a doomed world. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary:  "On the eve of WWII, the foreign-controlled port of Shanghai was the rendezvous for the twentieth century's most outlandish adventurers, all under the watchful eye of the fabulously wealthy Sir Victor Sassoon. Emily 'Mickey' Hahn was a legendary New Yorker journalist whose vivid writing played a crucial role in opening Western eyes to the realities of life in China. At the height of the Depression, Hahn arrived in Shanghai after a disappointing affair with an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter, convinced she will never love again. After checking in to Sassoon's glamorous Cathay Hotel, Hahn is absorbed into the social swirl of the expats drawn to pre-war China, among them Ernest Hemingway, Martha Gellhorn, Harold Acton, and a colourful gangster named Morris 'Two-Gun' Cohen. But when she meets Zau Sinmay, a Chinese poet from an illustrious family, she discovers the real Shanghai through his eyes: the city of rich colonials, triple agents, opium-smokers, displaced Chinese peasants, and increasingly desperate White Russian and Jewish refugees. Danger lurks on the horizon, as the brutal Japanese occupation destroys the seductive world of pre-war Shanghai, paving the way for Mao Tse-tung's Communists rise to power"--Provided by publisher. Holds:  1   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 951.132 G831s Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 951.132 G831s Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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