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#A Dam Fool Career by J.L.C. Strang
#Tea - A Journey in Time--by John Weatherstone
#After the Raj by Hugh Purcell--with Critique by Derek Perry
#The Great Indian Railway Atlas--
#Origin and Development of Assam Tea Industry by Dr Pradip Baruah
#A Tea Planters Life in Assam by George Barker
#History of the Assam Rifles by Col. Shakespeare
#Coatumes and Characters of British Raj
#One further step --(George Crosses)
#Shaw Wallace Story
#Tea, Legend Life Livelihood-GP Baroowah
#Land of Early Dawn
#Maximum City-Bombay
#Christian Cemeteries Assam & N E India
#Forgotten Frontier -Geoffrey Tyson
#White Butterflies -Colin McPhedran
#Through the Jungle of Death--Stephen Brookes
#Children of Kanchenjunga--P W Fletcher
#Irawaddy Flotilla
#Last Children of the Raj
#30 Years in Assam--Padre Wyld
#Naga Path--Ursula Graham Bower
#To the Elephants Graveyard--Tarquin Hall
#Sister Sahibs--Marian Robertson
#Minto Nurses--Emma Wilson
#Castes & Tribes
#Queen of the Elephants--Mark Shand
#River Dog-A journey down the Brahmaputra--by Mark Shand
#Elephant graveyard--Tarquin Hall
#Boarding Party--James Leasor
#Circumventing the Mahseer-L.St J Macdonald
#History of Joint Steamer Companies--Sir Percival Griffiths
#Assam Shikari --Frank Nichols
#Tea Planter Sahib --Philip Longley
#Journey through Tea ---Elizabeth Handy

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 The Three Volumes of a  Volumes of "  A DAM FOOL CAREER
by J.L.C. Strang

Volume One
Events in the Womb of Time		 Volume Two 
Paradise & Back		 Volume Three
Best Laid Schemes & Mountains

On Left
Jim and Trixie Strang Christmas 2005




To obtain any or all of the Strang books please call Mrs Trixie Strang 
at 01279 652793



A very good read and well worth the cost --Editor

May 29 2008

Tea - A Journey in Time 
Pioneering and Trials in the Jungle
by
John Weatherstone
ISBN - 978-1899163854.

 

May 29 2008

After the Raj
by
Hugh Purcell
(ISBN Number 978-0-7509-4786-2)

 

                            

 

AND A CRITIQUE BY DEREK PERRY (Thank you Derek)
After The Raj

Who are the survivors of the Raj and why did so many stay on in India? This is a very broad canvas over which to splash the colours, shapes, and changing landscape of expatriate Britons who came and went in their droves over the period of that segment of history some call the British Raj. The 'Stayers On', as they were termed, or were they the 'hangers' on from the Raj? Were they naturally eccentric individuals or was it necessary to be eccentric to live on in post independent India? How do you define the essence of the Raj, in the context of other occupation rulers of India's history, and why has it been particularly accepted as British? Questions there are and many more when it comes to the interactive forces that drew so many people to feel that their destiny finally was home in the new India.

The author, Hugh Purcell has chosen to answer these intriguing questions by interviewing ten or so personalities who now call India home. Their careers and backgrounds are varied, not all are first generation Brits, and some are of the Anglo Indian genre. All of them have fascinating tales to tell. Through their eyes the author weaves a pattern of anecdotes with help from the many other contemporary characters who share a similar experience. This is an extraordinary era, rich in the narrative of two cultures, dripping with nostalgia, Hugh Purcell tells it all very well.

For the readers of the Koi-Hai web site, aptly named by Mr Purcell as a "club for nostalgic tea planters", the Raj has a chapter describing the present home of "Bob the Planter" in Shillong. Through Bob, the author expertly traces the history of tea and the ingredients that made the life of a tea planter such a special romance. He does this with the help of stories made familiar by three current Koi-Hai correspondents.

Another chapter deals with the so called Calcutta "box wallahs" and the rise and fall of Agency Houses. Koi-Hai readers will love this one as every tea planter has a harsh memory or two of the impersonal attitude that often flowed from Calcutta Head Office wallahs.

The final chapter tells of the real 'Stayers On', those buried in Cemeteries the length and breath, North and South of India. While this book is titled "After the Raj", inevitably the author draws material to support the narrative from the great period, before the Raj. Hugh Purcell is not new to India, he has had a long association with the country commencing from student days in 1964. His research is excellent and factual, the work has the stamp of authority, and he knows his subject matter. This book should be well received not only by previous Raj dwellers but also by many of the present day citizens of Britain and India who somehow still regard the British tenure of India with compulsive interest and curious affection.

   

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May 31 2008

The Great Indian Railway Atlas
For those who may be interested in history and the world's largest Railway
system today, 

the ISBN number of this book is 81-901457-0

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January 19 2008

First comprehensive book on Assam tea released
 
‘The Tea Industry of Assam : Origin and Development’ authored by Dr. Pradip Baruah was released in a function held at Press Club, Guwahati on 21st November, 2007. Mr. Basudeb Banerjee, Chairman, Tea Board of India released the book in the meeting presided over by noted Economist and Economic Advisor to Govt. of Assam, Dr. Jayanta Madhab.
 
The function was attended by a large number of academicians, scholars, dignitaries, planters and general public, besides Director, Tea Promotion, Tea Board of India, Executive Director, Tea Board of India, North-Eastern Region and other Tea Board officials.
 
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Banerjee lauded Dr. Baruah for bringing out the first comprehensive book on the world famous tea industry of Assam and expressed his satisfaction that the book would fulfill a long felt need of a definitive book on Assam tea. Dr. Jayanta Madhab opined that there was dearth of book  on Assam tea and the beautifully written and illustrated book would help all wanting to know about Assam tea in particular and tea in general. The distinguished speakers congratulated Dr. Baruah for gifting the tea industry of  a valuable book with years of sincere hard labour. Mr. Bijoy Kr. Bhuyan, a veteran  tea planter, observed that it was a historic day for the tea industry and the book was a major literary contribution to tea after a very long time.
 
The author, Dr. Baruah, informed that the book was outcome of his over ten years of research and it analyses all the major aspects of the tea industry of Assam, viz. origin, development in area and productivity, labour issues, marketing with special reference to Guwahati Tea Auction Centre, contribution to economy of Assam, quality factors, problems and prospects, etc. and also recommends measures for development based on the in-depth scientific study. He expressed his happiness on initial huge response and demand for the book by the tea planters, academicians, tea traders and general tea drinkers from all over the world.
 
Dr. Baruah is associated with the tea industry for more than  fifteen years and has worked in all the tea growing areas of Eastern India . He is a well known writer and author of three books in Assamese. Dr. Baruah is employed as Advisory Officer of Tea Research Association, Nagrakata, West Bengal at present.
 
The large 350 paged book with over 100 photographs is published by EBH Publishers ( India ) of Eastern Book House, 136, M.L. Nehru Road , Panabazar, Guwahati 781001, Assam   and priced at Rs.1,625.
 

 

 

 

A Tea Planter's Life in Assam
By George M. Barker
Here is an interesting 'New  Find" of life in Assam in the 19th Century--
please enjoy the preface and the Chapter of Contents

 

 

 

The History of the Assam Rifles
By Colonel I. W. Shakespear,  C.B, C.I.E.

This is a newly printed book, taken from the original one published by Macmillan & Co.Ltd (Bombay, Calcutta, Delhi and Madras), the covers of which have been scanned and shown above
The book is a 'paperback' of 312 pages. ISBN1-845741-93-5 obtainable from Naval & Military press as shown on the rear cover.
 It is absolutely full of various expeditions, skirmishes etc., and how the Assam Rifles came together. There is a prodigious supply of photographs and coloured maps in this marvellous book. 

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June 2 2007

This book was found by 
Alan Lane in Norwich was 
written by Desiree Battye, 
wife of Stuart Battye, the 
author of "The Fighting Ten" published by BACSA in 1986 or thereabouts.   
Alan commented : I have attached a scanned 
picture of the cover of the 
subject book - I can tell you  that it such a nice little copy, and the author is not at all derogatory of the characters  she depicts in her script and 
the paintings of those she 
describes are really nice too.

 

 

The series of Books about the winners  of the George Cross are very interesting and remind us of the gallantry of our  predecessors
The books below are  ISBN 0-9546917-3-3,  ISBN 0-9546917-4-1  ISBN 095469175x
Price £14 +£2.50 P/P in the UK - for Canada  and Australia the Postage is sadly £6 
WEBSITE www.gc-database.co.uk     phone    44 (0)1993 880223
The set below are Produced by  Chamelon HH Publishing 

 

November 12 2006

A history of 
SHAW WALLACE &Co & 
 SHAW WALLACE &Co. Ltd

Compiled by Sir Harry Townend
This book tells of the initial setting 
out or purchasing of the various 
Tea Estates most of course are 
well known to us. 

The remainder of the book 
covers Jute, Oil, Coal, Distillery 
etc Many names are mentioned 
in the  Book and there is no 
publication date and it makes
 no reference 
to "Not for Sale"

 

 

abc

TEA- 
Legend, Life and
Livelihood of India
by   G.P. Baroowah

 With a foreword by N K Das  
Chairman , Tea Board of India

ISBN 81 - 85921 - 02 - 4


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LANDS OF EARLY DAWN--NORTH EAST INDIA
byROMESH BHATTACHARJI   ISBN 81-7167-963-3

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Maximum City.
.Bombay--Lost and Found.
Author...Suketu Mehta
ISBN...0-7553-2159-6 (HB)
O-7553-0150-1 (PB)
 www.headline.co.uk

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  By Eileen Hewson
Please contact the BACSA organisation 
for purchase 
www.bacsa.org.uk  

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Forgotten Frontier
by Geoffrey Tyson
 Dated March 1945
Printed by in British India by The Times of India press, Bombay
Published by W.H.Targett & Co Ltd  4 Lyons Range Calcutta  (Price Rs 8)

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"White Butterflies"
by Colin McPhedran 

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Through the Jungle of Death
A boy's escape from Wartime Burma
by Stephen Brookes

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The Children of Kanchenjunga" 
 by David Wilson Fletcher 
Published in 1955 
by Constable & Co Ltd
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 "Irrawaddy Flotilla" by Alister McCrae & Alan Prentice. 
Published by James Paton Limited in 1978. 
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 "Last Children of the Raj"
Published by The Radcliffe press
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Thirty Years in Assam
By Padre Wyld
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Naga Path 
by Ursula Graham Bower
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To the Elephants Graveyard 
by Tarquin Hall
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 Sister Sahibs
by Marian Robertson
Abebooks --ISBN 0863322859 at £ 10.00
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Minto Nurses
By Emma Wilson
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Castes and Tribes
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"Queen of the Elephants"
by Mark Shand
Hardback - ISBN 0-224-03544-4 - publishers Jonathan Cape - originally £15.99 - 
obtainable from Amazon.co.uk  also available from Abebooks  at #1.99
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 "River Dog--a Journey Down the Brahmaputra"  
 by Mark Shand Hardback - ISBN 0-316-86035-2 -
 publishers Little, Brown - originally £17.50 - from Amazon.co.uk 
now available from Abebooks at #3.25
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Elephant Graveyard
by Tarquin Hall
ISBN 0-7195-6158 2
John Murray Publishers338,Euston Road
London  NW1 3BH
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 Boarding Party
by James Leasor
The last action of the Calcutta Light Horse
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Circumventing the Mahseer 
by A.St.J. Macdonald
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A History of the Joint Steamer companies
by Sir Percival Griffiths
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 "Assam Shikari" by Frank Nichols
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Tea Planter Sahib
by Philip Longley
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 "Journey Through Tea" 
- ISBN0952754916 by Liz Handy
Available through contact with Liz Handy's website www.lizhandy.com 
or by phone to Liz at 0208 788 1610 
The price is £ 15 and is also available through Amazon.com 
The author kindly donates the profits from this book to the 
"Sir Percival Griffiths Tea Planter's Trust"
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 Tea Tales of Assam  
by
W. Kenneth Warren
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"Assam -- the language of Tea 
----Photos by Colin Cavers
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and the back cover is shown below

" And Some Fell by the Wayside"------
The story of the Burma evacuation
J.R.Tainsh
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 "Tale of a Tea Planter" by Jim Glendinning
"Privately Printed--copyright Jim Glendinning 1990"
 Available from www.abebooks.com  or  www.abebooks.
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 Early British Coffee and Tea Planters 
and Their Way of Life. 1825-1900
"The Pioneers"
Author: John Weatherstone
 Published by Quiller Press Ltd.   46. Lillie Road   London SW6 1TN 
  First published 1986 reprint 1991  Recco Retail Price 20 pounds sterling
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This book that was originally published in India in 1855
 and now re-released in India and was sent to me by Alan Lane
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"This account of the last days of the British Raj in India was written because I felt that 
some  of my experiences were worth recording and that a description of the day-to-day life of 
the ordinary  folk who helped to keep the wheels turning might be of interest to my family 
and possibly a wider  public.
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"Missy Baba to Burra Mem"- 
a life of a Planter's daughter in Northern India 1913 - 1970
 by Joan Allen - ISBN 0-907799-60-4 - publishers BACSA priced at £10.50

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Events in the Womb of Time: A Damn Fool Career by J.L.C. Strang

Three Volumes

To obtain a copy of these books--they are available from Mrs Strang at a price of £ 15 plus postage.
For security reasons Robin Gregory has kindly agreed to act as point of contact--
his e-mail is indiatco@iinet.net.au
His postal address is P.O.Box 93 Guildford WA 6935 WA Australia
and his fax number is Fax: 61 8 93772807

The books are despatched from the UK by Mrs Strang and the Postal costs (Economy Air Mail) as are as follows

Within the UK One book £1.92 , Two books - £4.25, Three books - £4.75
Africa & America One book £5.85 , Two books - £9.63, Three books - £16.02
India, One book £5.85 , Two books - £11.43, Three books - £16.19
Aust & NZ One book £6.81 , Two books - £12.81, Three books - £20.81
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Three volumes by Jim Strang


Jimmy & Trixie Strang celebrating their 46th wedding anniversary in March 2004

             
The three Volumes of " A Damn Fool Career" 
by J.L.C. Strang
Volume One--
"Events in the Womb of Time"
Volume Two-- 
"Best Laid Schemes & Mountains" 
 Volume Three--
"Paradise and Back" 






"Green Gold : The Empire of Tea" by Iris and Alan Macfarlane


"Tale of a Tea Planter" by Jim Glendinning
The book was privately published by Jim and on the front page is
"Privately Printed--copyright Jim Glendinning 1990"

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The Early British Coffee and Tea Planters and Their Way of Life. 1825-1900
             "The Pioneers"
 
Author: John Weatherstone


"Till the Sun Grows Cold" by Maggie McCune

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Emma's war 
by 

   Deborah Scroggins.
                    ISBN 0002570270    Hard Copy published by Harper Collins

 

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