THE STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE OF JIM THOMPSON and stories of other expats in South East Asia

A scarce book on extraordinary expats in South-East Asia. This is a used travel book in very good condition: nice and clean with light wear to corners; minor dog ears. See photos for cover blurb and sample page(s). The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!

Publisher's blurb: American businessman Jim Thompson, known as the Thai Silk King went on a holiday with friends to a cool mountain hill resort in Malaysia. It was Easter Sunday and everyone took an afternoon nap. When everyone awake, Jim was gone. never to be seen again. One of the most massive man hunts in the country's history was conducted, with out results. What happen to Jim Thompson? Author Harold Stephens knew Jim and all those involved in his disappearance. Here he reveals his own ideas about the baffling disappearance. In these pages you can also read about the life of a rubber planter, a treasure diver in the South China Sea, a British soldier who married a Malay princess, a Swiss artist who spent twenty-two years on Bali and his last twenty years in northern Thailand, an American soldier who went to fight the Moros in the Philippinns in 1917 and never left, a lady doctor in the jungles and would you believe a colonel who fought with the British Raj in India before the war.

Book Details

Code: SKU689

Condition: See notes and photos below

Binding: Paperback

Pages: 255

Published: 2003 by Wolfenden

ISBN: 9780964252172

Postage: FREE! (Posted as a letter)

Price: AUD $10.00