The Ford of Heaven

by Brian Power

A remarkable memoir of a youth spent in China. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 093557610X
• ISBN13: 9780935576108
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Talman Co
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Moving account of British in China through youthful eyes.

Recently I have taken a great interest in Eastern Philosophy and through my searches for books about the subject I came across "The Ford of Heaven" by Brian Power. The writing is not so much about philosophy as it is about the author's being born and raised in China, until he went off to school in England just before WWII. There are some very philosophical moments in the book and there are even quotes of Taoism and Confucianism. The best aspect of the book is the author's account of the people of the time, both the Colonials and the Chinese. My enjoyment of the book was so high I read the whole thing straight through (less than 200 pages). I decided to get on my computer and find more information about the author and to my surprise I found the book is no longer in print, nor is another of his closely related books. That, my friends, is a true shame