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*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b658121?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''Shanghai Lawyer''] by Norwood F. Allman 1943 Hathi Trust Digital Library.
*Digital [http://www.vcea.net/Digital_Library/Book_originals_en.php Book originals] Visual Cultures in East Asia, a website connected with Virtual Shanghai, (refer above). The books are mainly connected with Shanghai and include a number of Handbooks for travellers and residents. Pdf downloads.
*[https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Shanghai%29&and%5B%5D=mediatype%3A%22texts%22&sort=date Books including ''Shanghai'' in the title] Archive.org.
*Fiction: [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b63985?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 ''Yangtze Skipper''], by Thomas Woodrooffe 1937. HathiTrust Digital Library. Set in 1919 Shanghai, Toby Warren is First Lieutenant on the "Beetle", a (fictious) Royal Navy river gunboat. The author served on HMS "Scarab" (river gunboat) in 1919-1920.
: Note, this may be the American title. Appears to be the same book as ''River of Golden Sand'' by Thomas Woodrooffe. [http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/morningtribune19370128-1.2.62?ST=1&AT=search&k=%20%22Naval%20Odyssey%22&QT=%22navalodyssey%22&oref=article A review of ''River of Golden Sand''] <ref>Books of the Week: ''Morning Tribune'', 28 January 1937, Page 16 nlb.gov.sg</ref>
