I’m assembling materials on the Mao-era peasant exemplar Wang Guofu 王国福 (1922-69) and have been unable to locate a copy of the comic-book (if that’s the right term) version of his life. It was published in the early 1970s and offers stirring tales of youthful suffering, selfless labour, absolute loyalty, and model leadership. I have been unable to locate a copy through inter-library loan, and wonder if any list-members either own one or know where one might be found. In the case of an individual prepared to loan a copy, I would refund postage and offer as security a companion volume on Wang Guofu’s celebrated contemporary, the Daqing oilman Iron-man Wang Jinxi.
Richard King <rking@uvic.ca>