Judith M Heimann: 2 books
Paying Calls in Shangri-La
Scenes from a Woman’s Life in American Diplomacy
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
Judith M. Heimann entered the diplomatic life in 1958 to join her husband, John, in Jakarta, Indonesia, at his American Embassy post. This, her first time out of the United States, would set her on a path across the continents as she mastered the fine points of diplomatic culture. She did so first...
The Airmen and the Headhunters
A True Story of Lost Soldiers, Heroic Tribesmen and the Unlikeliest Rescue of World War II
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2009
A true story of downed B-24s in Japanese-occupied Borneo and a native tribe that “makes us—like the airmen—rethink our definitions of civilized and savage” (Entertainment Weekly).
November 1944: Their B-24 bomber shot down on what should have been an easy mission off the Borneo coast,...