Days of Our Years
by Pierre van Paassen
(1940)
Pierre Van Paassen was in Palestine and provides a graphic account of the 1929 pogrom against the Jews of Hebron in his book Days of Our Years. Van Paasen shows that the Mufti of Jerusalem was behind the riots and slaughter and accuses the British administration of aiding and abetting the Mufti.
his perhaps, the most stimulating and challenging roving journalist's story since Vincent Sheean's. Not as easy reading, not as adventurous as some, but cutting deeper into the facts behind what he saw and felt and reported. A commentary on the world today, and what brought it about. Dutch, trained in a hard Calvinist school and destined for the ministry, journalism was more or less an accident, and a fortunate one for those who have followed him. His work -- and interests -- took him far from beaten tracks. He has had opportunities -- and made the most of them -- in interviewing the men who have moved the chessmen of Europe's board. His is not a conventional reporting. He veers sharply from accepted positions, and in this book, reveals some pretty sensational things. Controversial, undoubtedly -- the explanation of the women and children of the Alcazar will cause fur to fly; the inside picture of actual conditions in Ethiopia; the revelations from Italy, Germany, France, England show plenty of clay-footed idols. Read for yourselves. And be sure, the book will sell. - Kirkus Review.
| Days of Our Years by Pierre Van Paassen on page 361 error on line 14 the date should be 1919 see Error below | ||
| (The author is a very articulate and lively fly on the wall for the reader. Between WW1 & WW2 the author ,as a journalist, attended events and often interviewed the most important people of the period. Haile Salissie, Mussolini, Hitler, Mufti are a few of many shapers both horrible and heroic whose company the reader shares and comes to know .Sometimes the writer often maintains a dark sense of humor in the most impossible of circumstances .) | ||
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| On page 361 in the chapter called 'After Seven Centuries"of this important and readable book there is a date error on line 14 of page 361 it incorrectly states "1929" as the date of Paris Peace Conference it should read - 1919 | ||
| on the other hand line 19 does read and should read "1929" | ||
| so there is an error in line 14 | ||
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