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ByCharles Nida

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At the tender age of eighteen, Charles Nida signed up for a three-year tour of duty in India. But not for him the officers’ mess, or the charmed ranks of the heaven-born. He became a “chota sahib” (little man), rubbing shoulders with the ordinary folk of India, treating them as equals and being treated likewise. <br /> From 1913-1916 Charles Nida roved the peninsula as a “box-wallah”—a travelling salesman in clothing and general supplies, until he joined a volunteer unit to make Spike Milligan weep tears of mirth, planning to ride into battle on motorcycle-mounted Maxim guns. <br /> With little time for the stifling snobbery he encountered everywhere he went, Charles Nida’s keen eye focusses a crisp, if sepia-tinted, image of India under British domination as it slid into “the war to end all wars”.

Details

Publication Date
Dec 9, 2007
Language
English
ISBN
9781409211730
Category
Biographies & Memoirs
Copyright
All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
Contributors
By (author): Charles Nida

Specifications

Pages
168
Binding
Linen Wrap
Interior Color
Black & White
Dimensions
US Trade (6 x 9 in / 152 x 229 mm)

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