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Each June, when the rice seedlings were transplanted from the dry beds to the flooded fields, I knew, the time had come for Kuling Pearl S Buck, My Several Worlds “Each June, when the rice seedlings were transplanted from the dry beds to the flooded fields, I knew, the time had come for Kuling.” Lianhuadong – The Path to Kuling Pearl Buck in Kuling Steve Harnsberger President, Kuling American School Assoc. Web: www.lushaninstitute.com Photos from KASA and Harnsberger Family For Shanghai American School Lushan Institute Summer 2013 March 15, 2013 Pearl S. Buck, from My Several Worlds
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Kuling was founded to save the children’s lives Pearl Buck’s family lost 4 children to disease, Kuling was a “Lifesaving Station” Pearl S. Buck, “My Several Worlds”
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Kuling’s First baby “Uncle” Jim Harnsberger “The air up there is like the Alleghenies, and the brooks run clear”So said Pearl’s Dad, Mr. Absalomn Sydenstricker was one of the first 5 families to purchase a house lease
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The ‘Thousand Steps’ or ‘Strong Man Steps ‘ where Sedan chairs hung over the edge
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The Thousand Steps were appreciated differently by the Chinese, they carried a tough load
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Quotes from ‘Lushan Memories’
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Summer in Paradise – escape from China Woods and Harnsberger Families – 308 “Oxford St”
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Pearl S.Buck
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‘We must let the Chinese come in’
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“Perhaps we white people ought never have built a separate places for ourselves. but we did it so we could keep our children. We lost so many children. “ Mother of Pearl S. Buck
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