Pearl Buck in China (47 page)

229
“bridge between the civilizations
PC, p. 376.

229
“No other book
Liu Haiping, in Lipscomb et al.,
The Several Worlds of Pearl S. Buck,
58, 66, n.9. On the obstruction of the film crew, see letter from PB in
The China Critic,
Shanghai, vol. 13, no. 3, April 16, 1939 PSBI;
MSW,
392–95; PC, 159.

230
“They may form the majority
New York Times,
January 15, 1933. A shortened version with PB’s reply is in
MSW,
278–81. See also Liu Haiping, in Lipscomb et al.,
The Several Worlds of Pearl S. Buck,
61; KL, 21–22. Professor Jiang, 1883–1954, was a classical scholar, an official in the Manchu Ministry of Justice, and founder of the Chinese Socialist Party. I am grateful to Ye Gongping for this information.

230
“The withdrawal heralded
KL, 42; the next quote is from KL 64.

230
Sai Zhenzhu
Lu Haiping, in Lipscomb et al.,
The Several Worlds of Pearl S. Buck,
58, 66, n. 8; conversation with Professor Lu.

230
“Nothing in Communist theory
MSW,
255.

231
“as the inevitable future leader
PB, “China and the West,” 118.

231
“Yesterday in New York
MSW,
255.

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OSTSCRIPT

233
a character who was a version
THi, 269–70.

233
“where she could go
THi, 137. The next quote is from THi, 142.

233
a deliberate self-portrait
ED,
196–97; EDts; THi, 210.

234
“desire stirred in her
TPH,
48. The next quote is from
TPH,
49.

234
“when I speak the names
THi, 96.

234
“Each day when she opened
TPH,
118. The following quotes are from
TPH,
125, 93, 295, 115.

235
“The book told of the difficulty
THi, 211.

236
fame dehumanized her
SS,
66;
MSW,
275. The next quote is from
MSW,
275.

236
“Madness was about her
Other Gods,
65. The next quote is from
Other Gods,
133–34.

237
“Then I never look
Helen Snow, interview with NS, July 9, 1976. My account of PB’s working method is based on interviews with Aline McMahon, Andrea Lloyd, and Robert Hill, John Day’s managing editor, NSC.

237
“The kid is nuts.”
CWNG,
165.

237
“he said it was fun
BP,
95.

238
“No one really got close
Janice Walsh, interview with author; further information from Edgar Walsh.

238
The Townsman
Natalie Walsh Coltman interview, NSC; NS, 213–14; THi, 296.
The Townsman
was published under the name “John Sedges.”

239
“a basically single-handed crusade
KL, 79; see also 81, 136.

239
“Pearl had a very good mind
Helen Snow interview by Jane M. Rabb, RCA.

240
“The fact remains
This and the next quote are from THi, 259.

240
her alter ego
The Long Love,
by PB, [1949], Pocket Cardinal, New York, 1959, 205.

240
“She did not think
The Hidden Flower,
by PB, [1952], Pocket Cardinal New York, 1954, 205.

241
“He would have been pained
FA
54–55.

242
“trick of self-suspension”
VH,
436. The following quotes are from
VH,
409, 424, 434, 481.

243
“possibly the only one
Helen Snow interview with NS, July 9, 1976, NSC.

243
“The worst thing any man
Paul Roebling interview, NSC.

244
“When Walsh and Lloyd were gone
Andrea Lloyd interview NSC. For McCarthy and the FBI, see PC, 299–301, 318, 321, 326–28.

245
a platonic romance
—On Ernest Hocking, see THi, 352–58; Rizzon,
Pearl S. Buck: The Final Chapter,
128, 134. Hocking was the model for Edwin Steadly in
The Goddess Abides,
1972.

245
“She loses her grip
See KL, 310.

246
“I have to make all I do
TPH,
189.

246
“You could see Pearl
Andrea Lloyd and Sarah Rowe interviews, NSC.

247
“Mr. Harris was presenting
Pearl Natalie Walsh Coltman interview, NSC.

247
“the Arthur Murray crew,”
John Anderson interview, NSC. My account of Harris is based on his own books; interviews with his associates in NSC; NS, 280–86; PC, Chapter 9.

247
She also made a will
NS, 334; PC, 362 and 376.

248
“She imagined herself a queen
John Anderson interview, NSC.

248
“aspects of imperial grandeur
.” James Thomson interview, NSC.

248
“the true ruler
IW,
162.

248
“that seemed… twice as long
James Thomson interview, NSC.

248
“Magnificence became her
IW,
103.

249
“The Dancing Master,”
See NS, 297–300, and “Crumbling Foundation,”
Time
(July 25, 1969).

250
“Destiny compelled her
IW,
91. The next quote is from
IW,
170–71.

250
“I take my prestige
NS, 282.

250
She told a journalist
Ross Terrill, in PC, 372.

251
“By birth and ancestry
PB, Is There a Case for Foreign Missions?,
London, 1933, 58.

251
“taken an attitude of distortion
For the full text, see PC, 373. I am grateful to Liu Haiping for information about Zhou Enlai.

251
“They were the communications
THii, viii.

251
“I could pass her
Mary Graves and Natalie Walsh Coltman interviews, NSC.

252
“what I called her
Rizzon,
Pearl S. Buck: The Final Chapter,
173.

252
“As I remember
James Thomson interview, NSC.

252
“Her spirit dwelt in loneliness
IW,
221.

252
“The scene was beautiful
Rizzon,
Pearl S. Buck: The Final Chapter,
418.

253
“We were told a lot
Bertha Reisner interview, NSC.

N
OTE ON
T
RANSLITERATION

Current names of places and people with their equivalents in Pearl Buck’s time:

I
NDEX

All Men Are Brothers
(Shui Hu Chuan),
4
,
134

Amerasian children,
240
–41,
247
,
248

American Civil War,
6
,
30
,
36
,
37
–38,
40

American Journal of Agricultural Economics,
138

American School, Kuling,
66

American School, Shanghai,
79
,
89

Anhui, China,
61
,
92
,
93
,
97
,
113
,
127

Arthur Murray Dance Studios, Jenkin-town, Pennsylvania,
247

Asia
magazine,
149
,
150
,
215
,
216
,
217
,
219
,
238

Astor Hotel, New York: PB’s talk,
204
,
206
–7,
222
–23

Atlantic Monthly,
107
,
128
,
149

Backhouse, Edmund,
246

Bailie, Dean,
95

Bates, Lilliath,
131
,
139
,
145
,
164
–65,
166
,
169
,
170
–71,
175
,
187
,
196
,
218
,
228
,
278
n
175

Bates, Searle,
168
–69

Bavaria,
40
,
221

Bear, James,
29
,
130
,
131
,
228
,
275
n
143

Bear, James, Snr,
58

Bear, Margaret,
130
,
139
,
218

Bear family,
146

Beijing:

“Boxer” rebellion,
30

the Bucks flee to,
201

capitulates to the Nationalists,
177

post-Boxer reprisals,
50

taken by rebels,
188

Beijing Opera,
201

Benchley, Robert,
208

Berlin, Sydenstricker family in,
69

Bible, the:

Absalom’s New Testament translation,
22
,
43
,
44
,
47
,
65
,
227

historical credentials of,
131

Kung’s quotations from,
51

black rights,
8

Bland, J. O.,
246

Book-of-the-Month Club,
188
,
192
,
193
,
227

Bowles, Chester,
248

“Boxer” uprising (1900),
29
–32,
33
,
45
,
46
,
47
,
51
,
52
,
158
,
164
,
230

Brentano’s (publishers),
176

Bucher, Adeline,
202
,
212
,
218

Buck, Caroline Grace (Carol; PB’s daughter),
123
,
188
,
202
,
237

attends Vineland Training School,
182
,
209
,
219
,
245
–46

birth,
117
–18

childhood,
146
–49,
158

PB searches for a secure environment for her,
181
–83

PB’s efforts to teach and train her,
170

phenylketonuria (PKU) condition,
146
–49,
150

separation from PB,
182
–83,
187
,
190
,
192

stigma attached to disabled children,
170
–71

Buck, Clifford (PB’s brother-inlaw),
167

Buck, Janice (PB’s adopted daughter),
218
,
244

appearance,
169

chosen by PB,
149

education,
186
,
188
,
222

forced to leave Nanjing,
202

health,
192

helps PB in her grief for Carol,
183

on PB,
238

personality,
183

Ruby Walsh looks after her,
209

Buck, John Lossing:

Absalom’s disapproval of,
92
–93,
141
–42,
165
–66

absorption in work,
116
,
213

adopts Janice,
149

agricultural missionary,
92

agricultural research,
100
,
117

appearance,
93

appointed personal adviser to Morgenthau,
220

attitude to Janice,
169

background,
92
–93

campaigns for better education,
100
–101

Chinese Farm Economy,
98
–99,
154
,
161
,
166
,
181
,
191
,
270
n
98