Fourth Uncle in the Mountain: The Remarkable Legacy of a Buddhist Itinerant Doctor in VietnamQuang van Nguyen, Marjorie Pivar
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Fourth Uncle in the Mountain Set during the French and American wars in South Vietnam, " Fourth Uncle in the Mountain" is the true story of an orphan, Quang Van Nguyen, adopted by a sixty-four-year-old monk, Thau, who carries great responsibility for his people as a barefoot doctor. Thau manages against all odds to raise his son to follow in his footsteps and in doing so saves him, as well as a part of Vietnam's esoteric knowledge from the Vietnam holocaust. Thau is wanted by the French regime and occasionally must flee in to the jungle, where he is perfectly at home living among the animals. As wise and resourceful as Thau is, he meets his match in his mischievous son. Quang is more int. . .
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