Title: Shanghai lawyer : the memoirs of America's China spymaster /
Authors: Allman, Norwood F. 1893-1987; Clark, Douglas,
Year: 2017
Subjects: Allman, Norwood F.; Allman, Norwood F.; Lawyers China Shanghai (International Settlement) Biography.; Lawyers; China Shanghai
Abstract: "Diplomat, lawyer, judge, soldier, spy, spymaster -- just some of the positions American Norwood Allman, held in his 30 plus years in China. Shanghai Lawyer is Allman's first-hand account of his amazing life, from his arrival as a student interpreter during WWI, to serving as a Chinese and Mexican judge, practising before the U.S. Court for China, commanding the American militia in Shanghai, and, finally fighting the Japanese army in the battle for Hong Kong in 1941. Douglas Clark, author of Gunboat Justice, has trawled through public, private and personal archives to bring the story Allman tells in his acclaimed bestseller fully back to life"--Back cover.
Contents: Forward / Douglas Clark -- A prisoner of the Japs -- A student's Peking picnic -- An American consul's odyssey -- The International Mixed Court -- Protocol and other problems -- America in China -- Crooks and the United States Court -- All in a day's work -- Chih fan cases -- A lawyer's leisure time -- The Bolsheviks -- Every man a gentleman -- About marriage and divorce -- In defense of the settlement -- Ballots and bullets -- Carrying on for the client -- A price on my head -- War traps me in Hongkong -- I'm going back -- Epilogue / Douglas Clark -- Reviews -- Acknowledgements -- Index -- Table of cases.