Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Timeline xiii
6. Prologue: Faces, Bronze Faces 1
7. Shore to Shore 4
8. I Wanted to Go to War 26
9. The Stone Tablet at the Cove of the Loving Mother 43
10. Old Man Yang and His Woman 49
11. 1,230 Spots 59
12. Valley of Hesitation 72
13. State Funeral 97
14. Tale of Two Strangers 110
15. The Last of the Whampoa Breed 139
16. My Relatives in Hong Kong 151
17. Spring Hope 190
18. The Vanishing Ball 215
19. Epilogue: In Remembrance of My Buddies from the Military Compound 242