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Thrust into teaching people whose language he didn't understand in a country with a government that wanted to silence his voice, American weekly newspaper editor Jim Doerr, travels throughout the tropical Indonesian archipelago meeting unexpected challenges. The year was 1997. And things in Indonesia were about to change. In two previous trips, Doerr had encountered questions that he had been unprepared to answer. He was determined to make this trip different. He had mastered a few words and phrases in Indonesian. He brought note cards with famous sayings about the importance of free speech.…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
Thrust into teaching people whose language he didn't understand in a country with a government that wanted to silence his voice, American weekly newspaper editor Jim Doerr, travels throughout the tropical Indonesian archipelago meeting unexpected challenges. The year was 1997. And things in Indonesia were about to change. In two previous trips, Doerr had encountered questions that he had been unprepared to answer. He was determined to make this trip different. He had mastered a few words and phrases in Indonesian. He brought note cards with famous sayings about the importance of free speech. But Doerr wasn't expecting to stumble into the highest levels of government intrigue. And a tropical romance was only a fantasy.
Autorenporträt
John R. Mohn has taught journalism and advised student publications in five high schools, Shawnee Mission East, Great Bend, Ellinwood, and Washburn Rural (Topeka) in Kansas and Almont high school in Almont, Michigan; college photography at Kansas University, Kansas State University; and college journalism at the University of Evansville, Evansville, Indiana. He and his wife, Chris, owned and operated "The Ellinwood Leader," Ellinwood, Ks. He served as a newspaper consultant to the Jawa Pos Group of Indonesian newspapers for 10 years; and became a confidant of Dahlan Iskan, CEO of Jawa Pos Group and former Indonesian Minister of State Owned Enterprises. This is Mohn's first novel.