Author: ERICS, L.,
Title: Mijn Vriende de Pindaman.
Description: Amsterdam, NBG, 1949. Small 8°, orig. pict. col. wraps., in chinese style, by W.G. van der Hulst Jr., 16pp. Drawings in text by W.G. van der Hulst Jr. Stapled. BUUR, I.J., 0884. Short story, with strong christian tendency, with as main character a young impoverished christian Java-chinese street-seller [a hawker] of sweets & peanut-bars named Li, commonly called [in dutch] Pinda-Chinees (Peanut-Chinese), a rather common phenomenon in cities as Amsterdam & Rotterdam. Many poor chinese immigrants tried to earn a living there. A curious little story, published by command of the dutch Bible society, N.B.G., youth-section. MINT copy. Rare.

Keywords: chinese christianity religion java pindachinees rotterdam hawkers colonialism buur