Shanghai Baby: The Adventures of an American Girl from the Far East to the Midwest

An Extraordinary Legacy: Born in Shanghai, China, in an era between the World Wars, Zillah Janes inherited a natural spirit of adventure. Her father, an American businessman in the Far East, met and married in Tokyo her mother, a British governess who had escaped both Poland and Russia in the wake of war and revolution. Their two daughters grew up among Shanghai's international community, where Zillah became a keen observer of local culture. Her story features remarkable events:
How she became the youngest American at the time to hold her own passport
Traveling the world by steamship, including a voyage through the Suez Canal and Straits of Gibraltar
Her family's evacuation of Shanghai under falling bombs and shrapnel
Living as temporary refugees in Manila and Singapore before returning to Japanese-occupied Shanghai
Summers in Java and Bali after her father's reassignment to the Dutch East Indies
Leaving her Shanghai home behind as World War 2 loomed
Reunion with her father after the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor while his ship convoy transited the Pacific
How she adjusted to American culture: from Berkeley, California, to the suburbs of Chicago and the Midwest, to Hollywood and Southern California
Over 150 vintage photos and three maps illustrate this unique and personal reflection on a fascinating time in world history.

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