Kim Il Sung and Korea's struggle : an unconventional firsthand history / Won Tai Sohn ; forewords by In Kwan Hwang and G. Cameron Hurst III ; introduction by Samuel S. Song.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sohn, Won Tai, 1914-2004.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sohn, Won Tai, 1914-2004.

Sohn, Won Tai.

History.

Korea (South)--Biography.

Korea (South).

Korea.

Kim, Il-sŏng, 1912-1994.

Kim, Il-sŏng.

Korea--History--20th century--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

viii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2003]

Contents:

Part I My First Relationship with President Kim Il Sung

1 My Childhood 21

2 My Father, the Reverend Sohn Jong Do 28

3 Jilin, China 42

4 The Association of Korean Children in Jilin 51

5 My Thoughts on the Soul of the Nation 58

6 An Unfading Picture in My Mind 66

7 A Campaign to Get Ahn Chang Ho Released from Detention 71

Part II Hearing the Legendary Tales of General Kim Il Sung

8 The Crossroads of Our Lives 81

9 An Article Carried in the Shanghai Dagongbao 89

10 In the Nagasaki Prison 97

11 Love Overcomes My Depression 103

12 To Testify to the Truth of History 110

13 The Road to Pyongyang 120

Part III My Reunion with President Kim Il Sung

14 "Where Have You Been Only to Come Now?" 131

15 With the Mind of My Own Brother 138

16 A "White House" on the Mountain 152

17 For the Benefit of the People 159

18 Applying the Truth of Independence to Practice 165

19 Genuine Patriotism 174

20 A Noble and Clean Country 181

21 Unchanged Friendship 188

22 On the River Taedong 193

Part IV President Kim Il Sung Is Immortal

23 Overcome with Shock by Unexpected News 205

24 My 80th Birthday Celebrated in Pyongyang 211

25 Leader Kim Jong Il 218

26 For Eternal Friendship 224

27 My Brother, Won Yil, Is Memorialized 232.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0786415894

OCLC:

51914243