Emanuel BurtonEmanuel Burton was born in Antwerp, Belgium, in 1906. He was an ardent traveler, and by his late teens had already visited India, China, and Malaysia. He returned to Europe as an adult, where he worked as an administrator before meeting his wife. Togther they moved to Brussels, where their first daughter was born. They soon relocated to France, where they had their second daughter and stayed happily until the Second World War. They fled occupation by relocating to New York City. There, Emanuel worked in his father's business, raised his children, and read books of all kinds. In his free time, he wrote stories. Emanuel died in 1981. Read More Read Less