Sambo Sahib: The Story of Helen Bannerman, Author of "Little Black Sambo"

x, 194 pp. Originally written by Helen Bannerman, who wrote "Little Black Sambo" for her children in Edinburgh, while she lived in India with her husband Will, who worked for the Indian Medical Service. "...based on the vast collection of letters to the children, usually lovingly illustrated, in the possession of the Bannerman family. ...offers an intimate picture of the daily life of a British memsahib in the heyday of the Raj."