The House of Sixty Fathers

By: Meindert, Illustrated by Maurice Sendak DeJong

The Scene of this latest book by Mr. Dejong is China, during the Japanese occupation. young Tien Pao is alone on his family's sampan when the boat breaks loose from it's moorings and is caught by the river. When the Sampan finally lands, Tien Pao is in Japanese territory. With only his pig for company, he starts on the long and difficult journey back to Hengyang and his parents.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B00AKJ6LS6
• Release Date: January 1956
• Publisher: New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1956
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.6" x 9.1"