The Men of the Burma Road is a notable work  that offers a unique perspective on the construction of the Burma Road, a crucial supply route during World War II. This book provides an insightful and humanizing account of the people involved in building this vital lifeline. Built in incredibly difficult conditions, the road was a symbol of international cooperation and human perseverance. Chiang Yee's book captures the immense effort, sacrifices, and stories of the ordinary men—many of them Chinese laborers—who were responsible for this engineering feat.

Chiang Yee (1903-1977) was a poet, author, painter and calligrapher who had been living and working in Britain as an academic teaching Chinese since 1933. He was a prolific author, producing a series of books called ‘The Silent Traveler in...’, the first being The Silent Traveler: a Chinese Artist in Lakeland, followed by The Silent Traveler in London, … the Yorkshire Dales, and … Oxford, (written after Yee’s flat was destroyed in the Blitz and he moved to Oxford.) After the war, the series included Edinburgh, Dublin, Paris, New York, San Francisco, Boston, and Japan. Travel writing, pioneered by H V Morton in the mid 1920s, was then in its infancy and Yee’s books were well-received because they offered a unique perspective.

1951, 7th edition, Methuen & Co., London, hardcover, with a good dustjacket, in a good condition.