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001 2005036507
003 DLC
005 20080304080154.0
008 051216s2006 nhuabf b 001 0ceng
010 $a 2005036507
020 $a1586421026 (alk. paper)
020 $a9781586421021
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm62738531
035 $a(OCoLC)62738531
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBAKER$dC#P$dYBM$dBUR$dOMP$dYDXCP$dOCLCQ$dBTCTA$dDLC
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050 00 $aCT1217.B79$bB79 2006
082 00 $a929/.20973$222
100 1 $aBrynner, Rock,$d1946-
245 10 $aEmpire & odyssey :$bthe Brynners in Far East Russia and beyond /$cRock Brynner.
246 3 $aEmpire and odyssey
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aHanover, N.H. :$bSteerforth Press,$cc2006.
300 $ax, 331 p., [64] p. of plates :$bill. (some col.), maps ;$c25 cm.
500 $aMaps on lining papers.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 319-321) and index.
505 0 $aJules Bryner -- Boris Bryner -- Yul Brynner -- Rock Brynner.
520 $aYul Brynner, the mysterious and exotic Hollywood star, was one of four generations in his family to bear that name. His Swiss-born grandfather, Jules, arrived in Shanghai almost by accident about 1865, but within twenty years had become a leading industrialist in the Far East. His business association with Tsar Nicholas II built Vladivostok and the Trans-Siberian Railway, then triggered the Russo-Japanese War, contributing to the fall of the Romanoffs. Jules' son Boris regained control of the family's mines, but his experiences in China, Manchuria, and North Korea rivaled the ordeals of Dr. Zhivago. Yul's childhood took him to China and then to France, where, as a teenager, he performed in nightclubs with Russian Gypsies while becoming a trapeze acrobat in the circus. He moved to America before he spoke English and within five years was starring on Broadway. His son, with a colorful life of his own, has written the family's history.--From publisher description.
600 30 $aBrynner family.
600 10 $aBryner, Julius Josef,$d1849-1920.
600 10 $aBryner, Boris Julievitch,$d1889-1948.
600 10 $aBrynner, Yul.
600 10 $aBrynner, Rock,$d1946-
650 0 $aIndustrialists$zRussia (Federation)$zVladivostok$vBiography.
650 0 $aActors$zUnited States$vBiography.
651 0 $aRussia$xHistory$yNicholas II, 1894-1917.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip065/2005036507.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0623/2005036507-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0623/2005036507-d.html