In A Shantung Garden Author:Louise Jordan Miln This is of course a very old book from 1924. The cover is still in good shape, but a little discolored. — An 28 year old insular-American man is sent to China to learn. He befriends an American living in China, an American woman and her British husband, and is "adopted" by a wealthy Chinese family. This book is about the way he changes and stil... more »l continues to stay the same. There is much description about Chineses scenery and the Chinese way of life in the 1920's. At this time the Germans and Japanese were trying to get a foothold into Shantung gold mining. If you like to learn about other cultures, this is most interesting.« less