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David Kidd (1926–21 November 1996) was an American-born writer, teacher and connoisseur who devoted his life to experiencing the culture of China and Japan. In Kyoto, he was the founding director of the Oomoto School of Traditional Japanese Arts.
David Kidd has 20 books on Goodreads with 2194 ratings. David Kidd’s most popular book is Peking Story: The Last Days of Old China (New York Review Books...
Feb 5, 2017 · David Kidd's book is a memoir of his life in Beijing with a wealthy Chinese family before and after the Communist Revolution. It is a wistful, mournful, and humorous account of the last days of old China and its culture.
Nov 27, 1996 · David Kidd, an American expatriate who became so imbued with traditional Chinese and Japanese art and culture that by the end of his career he was teaching Japanese traditions to the Japanese,...
David Kidd lived in the city of Peking from 1946 to 1950, and in 1949, when the communists had just come to power, he married the daughter of an aristocratic and wealthy Chinese family and spent the rest of his days in the city living in his wife’s family mansion.
May 1, 2003 · by David Kidd (Author), John Lanchester (Preface) 4.6 71 ratings. See all formats and editions. For two years before and after the 1948 Communist Revolution, David Kidd lived in Peking, where he married the daughter of an aristocratic Chinese family.
David Kidd – New York Review Books. David Kidd (1926–1996) was born in Corbin, Kentucky to a coal-mining community. He later grew up in Detroit, where his father became an executive in the automotive industry.
