L'Americain

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John Launois. L'Americain

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Table of Contents. TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction. INTRODUCTION. DONALD S. CONNERY

Prologue. PROLOGUE. CHRIS PAN LAUNOIS

Occupation. OCCUPATION. FRANCE AT WAR. MARLY - LE - ROI, FRANCE 1940–1944

Rebellion. REBELLION. FILLES DE JOIE AND AN AMERICAN JEEP. FRANCE 1944–1950

Departure. DEPARTURE. A JOB IN CALIFORNIA. SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, CA 1950

Yank. YANK. DRAFTED. SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, CA 1951–1953

Rising Sun. RISING SUN. AMERICAN GI IN JAPAN. TOKYO 1954

Civilian. CIVILIAN. VACUUM CLEANER SALES MAN, GAS STATION ATTENDANT. SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, CA 1955

The Noodle Years. THE NOODLE YEARS. BLACK STAR CORRESPONDENT. TOKYO 1955

Eye of The Storm. EYE OF THE STORM. INSIDE TYPHOON EMMA. TOKYO 1956

First Class. FIRST CLASS. A LEAD STORY FOR LIFE. MANILA 1957

L’âme Enchantée. L’ÂME ENCHANTÉE. A STEWARDESS NAMED YUKIKO. TOKYO 1957

Artillery Fire. ARTILLERY FIRE. AN ISLAND UNDER SIEGE. QUEMOY 1958

The Back Door. THE BACK DOOR. A FUTURE EMPRESS. TOKYO 1958

The Small Kingdom. THE SMALL KINGDOM. JUNGLE WARFARE. LAOS 1959

Typhoon. TYPHOON “HAVOC IN JAPAN” NAGOYA 1959

The Deepest Ocean. THE DEEPEST OCEAN. THE TRIESTE’S HISTORIC DIVE. GUAM 1960

Homecoming. HOMECOMING. FAMILY REUNION. PARIS 1960

National Geographic. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC. A SUMPTUOUS PALAZZO, A STUDENT MOB, AND A “BREAKTHROUGH” STORY. VENICE, TOKYO 1960

Right to Know. RIGHT TO KNOW. THE COURT-MARTIAL. SEOUL 1961

Forbidden Land. FORBIDDEN LAND. TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY. SIBERIA 1961

Life. LIFE. JAPAN’S HIGHEST PEAK AND MIGHTIEST SUPERTANKERS. MT. FUJI, NAGASAKI 1961

City of Song. CITY OF SONG. THE SCHRAMMELMUSIK CHALLENGE. VIENNA 1962

Timing is Everything. TIMING IS EVERYTHING. AN UNEXPECTED OFFER. TOKYO 1962

Manhattan. MANHATTAN. TWO TUDOR PLACE. NEW YORK 1963

The Saturday Evening Post. THE SATURDAY EVENING POST. ABOARD DE GAULLE’S PRESIDENTIAL TRAIN AND NAVY SUPERCARRIER U.S.S. FORRESTAL. FRANCE, THE ATLANTIC OCEAN 1963

The New Frontier. THE NEW FRONTIER “AMERICA’S SENSELESS TRAGEDY” WASHINGTON D.C. 1963

American Son. AMERICAN SON. CHRISTOPHER MARK LAUNOIS. NEW YORK 1964

Giants. GIANTS. HARRY TRUMAN AND AMERICA’S STEEL INDUSTRY. MISSOURI, KENTUCKY 1964

Hard Day’s Night. HARD DAY’S NIGHT. THE BEATLES. LONDON 1964

Malcolm X. MALCOLM X. THE INTERVIEW. CAIRO 1964

A Good Fight. A GOOD FIGHT. THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD. NEW YORK 1964

An Army of Women. AN ARMY OF WOMEN. BALLERINA, POET, SOVIET IDEALIST. RUSSIA 1965

Kiss On The Cheeks. KISS ON THE CHEEKS. HIGH HOPES FOR A SKI HOLIDAY. MEGÈVE, FRANCE 1965

Good Pictures. GOOD PICTURES. EXPOSING NUCLEAR WAR, ANIMAL CRUELTY, AND RACIAL INJUSTICE. HIROSHIMA, QUEBEC, HARLEM 1965-1966

Fifty Years of Thunder. FIFTY YEARS OF THUNDER. THE SOVIET UNION’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY. MOSCOW 1967

End of An Era. END OF AN ERA. THE FOLDING OF AN HISTORIC MAGAZINE. NEW YORK 1967–1969

The Belly of Paris. THE BELLY OF PARIS “JOJO” AND FRANCE DE L’ÎLE. PARIS 1970

On Assignment. ON ASSIGNMENT. THE SEARCH FOR LONGEVITY. ECUADOR, PAKISTAN, REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA 1971

Shadows of the Jungle. SHADOWS OF THE JUNGLE. STEPPING INTO THE STONE AGE. THE PHILIPPINES 1972-1973

Survival’s Path. SURVIVAL’S PATH. JOSIANE B., ERIK BYE, AND CARNEGIE HALL. PARIS, NEW YORK 1974–1975

Oasis. OASIS. ILLUSTRATING MARIO PUZO INSIDE LAS VEGAS. LAS VEGAS 1976–1979

The Promise. THE PROMISE. SIGRID AND A SHANGRI-LA STORY. LIECHTENSTEIN 1979–1994

Epilogue. EPILOGUE. CHRIS PAN LAUNOIS

Acknowledgments. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. CHRIS PAN LAUNOIS

Index. INDEX. NOTE: ABBREVIAT​ION “JL” STANDS FOR JOHN LAUNOIS

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Introduction

Prologue

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Next morning we set off again, thinking that further west, away from main roads, we might find a farmer less afraid to sell us some potatoes, but all we could buy was enough bread and cheese to feed ourselves. By the third day, we began to have serious doubts that anyone would sell us even a small amount.

Day after day, we passed miles and miles of potato fields, and still we had not a single potato in our sacks. By the fifth day, we called upon one last farm, angry and dejected. We explained we had been bicycling for days, but received the same answer: Their harvest was requisitioned. Claude and I looked at each other, resigned. With night falling, we headed home disgusted, surrounded by fields of potatoes.

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