A plain sailorman in China
Subtitle: the life and times of Cdr. I.V. Gillis, USN, 1875-1948
By: Bruce Swanson ; with Vance H. Morrison, Don H. McDowell, and Nancy Norton Tomasko
Contributors: Morrison, Vance H.; McDowell, Don H.; Tomasko, Nancy Norton, 1947-
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Annapolis, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9781612511054
Subjects: Military relations; Officers; United States; Military attachés; United States. Navy; Biography
Description: "This biography recounts the extraordinary life of I. V. Gillis, both as an officer in the U.S. Navy from 1894 to 1919 and as a collector of rare Chinese books. China specialist Bruce Swanson captures the colorful, multi-faceted life of the man known as an innovative thinker, tactical practitioner, spy, and successful diplomat. Gillis, a second-generation Naval Academy graduate and the son of an admiral, was hailed a hero while serving aboard his first warship in the Spanish-American War and in 1907 became the first U. S. Naval Attaché to China. He remained in China until his death, marrying a Chinese princess, and collecting books now housed at Princeton University."--Publisher's web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.