
In 1939 a young anthropologist named Greenwood traveled from Harvard to the Shan States on the China-Burma border, to study their people and customs. There he settled in the idyllic village of Pawlu, in headhunter country high in the mountains, and within months haad learned their local dialect, been awarded a Shan tattoo as a member of the tribe, and taken a Shan wife. Only in 1942 does he learn of the war. When he travels down to Mandalay and Imphal to enlist, he is promptly commissioned, and sent back to Pawlu to lead his Shan tribe in guerrilla warfarde against the Japanese.
Genre: Historical
Genre: Historical
Used availability for Stephen Becker's The Blue-Eyed Shan
Hardback Editions
July 1982 : UK Hardback

Title: Blue-eyed Shan
Author(s): Stephen Becker
ISBN: 0-00-222138-1 / 978-0-00-222138-2 (UK edition)
Publisher: HarperCollins Distribution Services
Availability: Amazon UK
January 1982 : USA Hardback
Paperback Editions
March 1984 : UK Paperback
November 1983 : USA Paperback
Kindle Editions
January 2016 : USA, Australia, Canada, UK Kindle edition