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As a five-feet-three-inch hunchback who weighed about 100 pounds, Homer Lea (1876-1912), was an unlikely candidate for life on the battlefield, yet he became a world-renowned military hero. In the Dragon's Lair: The Exploits of Homer Lea paints a revealing portrait of a diminutive yet determine...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kaplan, Lawrence M. (Lawrence Martin), 1954-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©2010.
Series:American warriors (Lexington, Ky.)
Subjects:
Lea, Homer, > 1876-1912.
Sun, Yat-sen, > 1866-1925.
1861-1999
Soldiers of fortune > United States > Biography.
Diplomats > United States > Biography.
Generals > China > Biography.
Authors, American > 20th century > Biography.
Écrivains américains > 20e siècle > Biographies.
Généraux > Chine > Biographies.
Diplomates > États-Unis > Biographies.
Soldats de fortune > États-Unis > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
HISTORY.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Authors, American.
Diplomatic relations.
Diplomats.
Generals.
Soldiers of fortune.
United States > Foreign relations > China.
China > Foreign relations > United States.
China > History > 1861-1912.
China > History > Revolution, 1911-1912.
Chine > Histoire > 1911-1912 (Révolution)
Chine > Histoire > 1861-1912.
Chine > Relations extérieures > États-Unis.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > Chine.
China.
United States.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Charismatic dreamer
  • In the dragon's lair
  • A Don Quixote in China
  • General without an army
  • The Imperial Reform Army
  • The Falkenberg comedy
  • Resourceful schemer
  • The quill and the sword
  • The Red Dragon Plan
  • Final crusade
  • Conclusion: the man and the myth.

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