Teak-Wallah: The Adventures of a Young Englishman in Thailand in the 1920s

by Reginald Campbell

Here is a bold and entertaining account of the life of a European teak inspector working in the heart of the Thai countryside in the 1920s. Beginning with a description of his voyage, Campbell conveys the adventure and the loneliness, the beauty and the terror, that was the White Man's lot and sprinkles his narrative with pithy anecdotes about his various encounters. Teak-Wallah is an evocative tale of a world that still exists, but in which the European...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195826485
• ISBN13: 9780195826487
• Release Date: June 1986
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 312 Pages