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FROM: "Donna Jo Atwood" <[removed]@JCL.LIB.KS.US>
DATE: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 14:07:20 -0600

> I have a patron (or customer) who is looking for a book in which the
Chinese win a war against the USA. No author, no title, but he says his
brother read it at least 20 years ago.

Thanks for your help.

Donna Jo Atwood
Olathe KS Public Library

FROM: SandraK Lang <[removed]@oplin.lib.oh.us>
DATE: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 15:44:11 -0500 (EST)

The book he may be thinking of is Robert Heinlein's Sixth Column. He
describes the invaders as PanAsian. A group of scientists develop a
weapon to combat the invaders.

Sandra K. Lang
Louisville Public Library
700 Lincoln Ave.
Louisville, Ohio 44641
(330)875-1696

FROM: Thelma Stone <[removed]@pub-lib.ci.fort-worth.tx.us>
DATE: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 14:49:23 -0600 (CST)

John Hersey's White Lotus is about the Chinese occupation of the US after
a war.

FROM: Mary Van Dyke <[removed]@CLSN3046.glenview.lib.il.us>
DATE: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 16:17:14 -0600 (CST)

White Lotus by John Hersey

Mary Van dyke
Glenview(IL) Public Library

On Mon, 6 Mar 2000, Donna Jo Atwood wrote:

>
>
> > I have a patron (or customer) who is looking for a book in which the
> Chinese win a war against the USA. No author, no title, but he says his
> brother read it at least 20 years ago.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Donna Jo Atwood
> Olathe KS Public Library
>
>

FROM: "Donna Jo Atwood" <[removed]@JCL.LIB.KS.US>
DATE: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 17:13:51 -0600

> Thanks for your responses. Since the patron didn't really know which it
might be, he is going to try both.

Donna Jo Atwood
>
> On Mon, 6 Mar 2000, Donna Jo Atwood wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > > I have a patron (or customer) who is looking for a book in which the
> > Chinese win a war against the USA. No author, no title, but he says his
> > brother read it at least 20 years ago.
> >
> > Thanks for your help.
> >
> > Donna Jo Atwood
> > Olathe KS Public Library
> >
> >
>

FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
DATE: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 10:29:14 PST

>From: "Donna Jo Atwood" <[removed]@JCL.LIB.KS.US>
>Reply-To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
>To: <[removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org>
>Subject: Chinese American War
>Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 14:07:20 -0600
>
>
>
> > I have a patron (or customer) who is looking for a book in which the
>Chinese win a war against the USA. No author, no title, but he says his
>brother read it at least 20 years ago.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
>Donna Jo Atwood
>Olathe KS Public Library
>


Is he sure it was China? John Hersey wrote a novel, "White Lotus," in which
Japan was the victor.
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