This action-packed true story begins as a privileged boy is born in
Hong Kong. He is the son of a Danish "Taipan," whose family has
links with the Far East going back generations. The book chronicles
John Jessen's early life in Hong Kong and his travels throughout
Asia, just before WWII broke out and one of his father's ships was
captured by Chinese pirates. After the death of his young brother
in the Red Sea, 9-year-old Jessen left his grandparents in
Switzerland to travel alone through Hitler's Germany and on to
Russia, where he boarded the Trans-Siberian Express to Manchuria.
His Japanese train was attacked by communist guerillas before he
reached Shanghai, to join his parents. Jessen witnessed the brutal
Japanese occupation there, offering a rare glimpse of Shanghai by a
Dane. The post-war years in crime-riddled Shanghai picture the
black market, rampant inflation, flirtations with Chinese
concubines, a visit to a luxurious brothel and horror tales from
survivors of Japanese prison camps. In his turbulent, hair-raising
life, Jessen worked in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Denmark,
throughout Central and South America, Switzerland, North Africa,
the entire Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, China, Hong
Kong, Japan, Germany, the United States, Belgium and Spain, as he
worked for IOS and a major U.S. financial group. Jessen says, "In
this day of electronic mail, nobody will come across faded letters
buried in attics to bring the past alive. Come with me, let me
share with you a kaleidoscope of recent history." Publisher's
website: http://www.eloquentbooks.com/OnlyTreesNeedRoots.html
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