Harry L Foster

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1) A Beachcomber in the Orient

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Journalist, storyteller, and ragtime piano player Harry L. Foster is back! From a mugging in a Vietnamese opium den to hopping a freight train down the Malay Peninsula to a waterfront bar in Singapore to a sing-song theater in China, Foster never fails to show the squalid side of life in a glorious adventure to the wild countries of Southeast Asia during the Roaring 1920s.

2) A Gringo in Mañana-Land

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Foster, Harry L

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Excerpt: "The term "gringo"-a word of vague origin, once applied with contempt to the American in Mexico-is now used throughout Latin America, without its former opprobrium, to describe any foreigner. The Spanish "mañana"-literally "to-morrow"-is extremely popular south of the Rio Grande, where, in phrases suggesting postponement, it enables the inhabitant to solve many of life's most perplexing problems. This book covers various random wanderings...