Hervey

THE BLACK PARROT: A Tale of the Golden Chersonese

réf. 20042901New York 1923 Century. Black pictorial cloth very clean & solid copy 337p. 13 x 19 cm. FIRST EDITION THE AUTHOR'S SIGNED LONG PRESENTATION COPY DATED 1926 . . . THE AUTHOR'S SECOND BOOK . . . AND HIS FIRST ON S.E. ASIA . . The primary story of the author's sojourn in to the sultry & hot climes of Saigon Cambodia Malaya & Borneo. The people he met the sights sounds and cultures he encountered. The jungles tropical sea voyages and the languid ports. but above all its was the unique and fascinating local people he met and became friends with based on his keen impressions he tells the story of his time spent in these tropical and exotic places with a sensitive vocablary. . Exquisitely written flamboyant vocabulary distinct and elaborate descriptions in much detail and elaborate color. HIS BOOKS BECOME FAMOUS MOVIES: Also written by Hervey whose works led to such famous films as SHANGHAI EXPRESS 1932 starring: Marlene Dietrich Clive Brook and directed by Josef von Sternberg. Also his very memorable ROAD TO SINGAPORE 1940 starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope. GREEN HELL 1940 AND GREEN HELL 1940 starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Joan Bennett directed by James Whale. . A TALE OF THE GOLDEN CHERSONESE: The ancient name of the Malayan Peninsula according to WikiPedia the name is "Latin: Chersonesus Aurea was the name used for the Malay Peninsula by Greek and Roman geographers in classical antiquity most famously in Ptolemy's 2nd-century Geography. See: ERENCES: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HIS WRITINGS: . THE EUROPEAN INDIA 1913 . THE BLACK PARROT: A Tale of the Golden Chersonese 1923 . WHERE STRANGE GODS CALL: Pages Out of the East 1924 . ETHAN QUEST: HIS SAGA 1925 . KING COBRA: An Autobiograhy of Travel in French Indo-China 1927. The same contents published in the UK under title: TRAVELS IN FRENCH INDO-CHINA 1928 . CONGAI. A Mistress of Indochine 1927 . RED ENDING 1928 . THE DAMNED DON'T CRY 1939 . THE IRON WIDOW 1931 . BARRACOON 1950 . And others. . WHO WAS HARRY HERVEY 1900-1951: . Harry Hervey was born in Beaumont Texas was educated in Savannah Georgia and Tennessee. . He started writing at about age eight and sold his first work to H. L. Mencken at the age of sixteen. He spent much of his life at Savannah's old Desoto Hotel as his mother was in charge of housekeeping from 1923 to 1957. . Hervey Traveled widely in Asia S.E. Asia Africa and the South Pacific. He authored twelve noels and numerous short stories and screenplays. He modeled is life after W. Somerset Maugham. Hervey was a life-long bachelor and died at the rather young age of fifty in New York. He is buried next to his mother Jane Louise Davis in Bonaventure Cemetery. unknown

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