James M. Zimmerman
Autor von The Peking Express: The Bandits Who Stole a Train, Stunned the West, and Broke the Republic of China
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Seeing as Zimmerman is something of a modern "China Hand," you can see why he would want to tackle this story, as he can no doubt relate to the foreign adventurers, journalists, and operators who were the core of the hostages, and whose personal accounts provide the foundation for his book. So, even if his treatment does seem a little shallow, the author has done the heavy lifting, including tracing the route the hostages were dragged on once the train was abandoned, so I have to grant Zimmerman respect on that point. Finally, as for the title, Zimmerman does make a good argument that the 1932 film "Shanghai Express," which featured Marlene Dietrich, was probably a cultural memory of this incident.… (mehr)