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The Mad Manchurian

I was born in Harbin, Manchuria, (later China), in 1938. At the outbreak of the Second World War my mother, sister and I, along with other non-combatants of the Allied countries, were taken by the Japanese to an internment camp in Tokyo where we would remain four year--to the end of the war. My mother's recollection is that I was a sickly child. By the time I arrived in Japan, according to her, I had survived diphtheria, whooping cough, yellow fever, smallpox and tuberculosis. Such afflictions, to my mother's astonishment, did not keep me from growing to my adult height of 6'6" and muscular weight of 220 pounds. Nor did they keep me from being strong enough and skillful enough to become a professional basketball player and play 10 years for the National Basketball Association, as the first ethnic Russian and immigrant to do so, and the first to be named to an All-Star team.

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The Mad Manchurian

I was born in Harbin, Manchuria, (later China), in 1938. At the outbreak of the Second World War my mother, sister and I, along with other non-combatants of the Allied countries, were taken by the Japanese to an internment camp in Tokyo where we would remain four year--to the end of the war. My mother's recollection is that I was a sickly child. By the time I arrived in Japan, according to her, I had survived diphtheria, whooping cough, yellow fever, smallpox and tuberculosis. Such afflictions, to my mother's astonishment, did not keep me from growing to my adult height of 6'6" and muscular weight of 220 pounds. Nor did they keep me from being strong enough and skillful enough to become a professional basketball player and play 10 years for the National Basketball Association, as the first ethnic Russian and immigrant to do so, and the first to be named to an All-Star team.

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The Mad Manchurian

The Mad Manchurian

by Tom Meschery
The Mad Manchurian

The Mad Manchurian

by Tom Meschery

Overview

I was born in Harbin, Manchuria, (later China), in 1938. At the outbreak of the Second World War my mother, sister and I, along with other non-combatants of the Allied countries, were taken by the Japanese to an internment camp in Tokyo where we would remain four year--to the end of the war. My mother's recollection is that I was a sickly child. By the time I arrived in Japan, according to her, I had survived diphtheria, whooping cough, yellow fever, smallpox and tuberculosis. Such afflictions, to my mother's astonishment, did not keep me from growing to my adult height of 6'6" and muscular weight of 220 pounds. Nor did they keep me from being strong enough and skillful enough to become a professional basketball player and play 10 years for the National Basketball Association, as the first ethnic Russian and immigrant to do so, and the first to be named to an All-Star team.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781684920914
Publisher: Coffeetown Press
Publication date: 03/11/2025
Pages: 418
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.93(d)

About the Author

Tom Meschery, born Tomislav Nikolaevich Mescheriakov in Harbin, Manchuria, (China) is an ex-NBA player for the Golden State Warriors and Seattle Sonics, and a retired high school and college English teacher. A graduate of the University of Iowa's Writers Workshop, he has published six collections of poetry. His Brovelli Brothers Mystery Series, beginning with The Case of the '61 Chevy Impala and The Case of the '66 Ford Mustang, are now available at bookstores and online at Amazon. His memoir, The Mad Manchurian is forthcoming. Meschery has coached in the NBA and traveled to West Africa where he helped coach national teams. He was inducted into the California Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame and the State of Nevada Writers' Hall of Fame. Meschery has been described as the NBA's Poet Laureate. His jersey, number 14, was retired by the Golden State Warriors and hangs in the rafters of Chase Center Arena along with his teammates' Wilt Chamberlain's number 13, and Rick Barry's number 24. Tom Meschery lives in Sacramento, CA with his wife, painter and art historian, Melanie Marchant.
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