The Trouser People: A Story of Burma in the Shadow of the Empire
by Andrew Marshall
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Andrew Marshall has written an unforgettable adventure story, the wry account of two journeys into the untraveled heart of Burma. Part travelogue, part history, part reportage, The Trouser People recounts the story of George Scott, the eccentric British explorer, photographer, adventurer, and later Colonial Administrator of Burma, who introduced the Empire's best game (soccer!) to Burmese natives and to the forbidden Wa state of headhunters, who were similarly enthusiastic about it. The show more second, contrasting journey is Marshall's own, taking the same dangerous path one hundred years later in a country now devastated by colonial incompetence, war, and totalitarianism. Wonderfully observed, mordantly funny, and skillfully recounted, this is journalistic travel writing at its best. show lessTags
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Excellent humorous read. Absolutely worth the time to read. Mixing the biography of George Scott up with the author's travels in his footsteps was brilliant. There were few slow pages here....
faszinating inside of culture and life in Burma - a country that is rather a white spot on the map for me ("here be dragons").
history of this country is bloodier than expected and tribes and kings are rather ruthless.
history of this country is bloodier than expected and tribes and kings are rather ruthless.
Re-created from diaries and letters, the life of Sir George Scott, born in Fife in 1851, spent many years in the remotest parts of Burma, as the entire country became part of the British Empire, and introduced soccer to its inhabitants.
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- People/Characters
- George Scott
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- Burma
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- Reviews
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- Languages
- English, Norwegian (Bokmål)
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- Paper, Ebook
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