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Two Years on the Yangtze (P.S.)

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An edition of River town (2001)

River Town

Two Years on the Yangtze (P.S.)

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  • ★★★★ 4.00 ·
  • 2 Ratings
  • 15 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 3 Have read

Records the author's experiences as a Peace Corps English teacher in the small Chinese city of Fuling, during which time he witnessed such events as the death of Deng Xiaoping, the return of Hong Kong to the mainland, and the construction of the Three Gorges Dam.

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Harper Perennial
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English
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399

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Subjects
Travel, Peace Corps, Description and travel, Descriptions et voyages, China, description and travel, Sichuan sheng (china), Voyages and travels, Yangtze river and valley
People
Peter Hessler (1969-)
Places
China, Fuling (Sichuan Sheng, China), Fuling (Sichuan Sheng)

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Cover of: Xiao shi zhong de jiang cheng
Xiao shi zhong de jiang cheng
2006, iu zhou chu ban wen hua shi ye you xian gong si
in Chinese - Chu ban
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River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze (P.S.)
April 25, 2006, Harper Perennial
Paperback in English
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River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze (P.S.)
April 25, 2006, Harper Perennial
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River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze
2002, Books on Tape
Audio Cassette in English
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River Town
March 7, 2002, John Murray
Paperback - New Ed edition
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River town: two years on the Yangtze
2001, HarperCollins Publishers
in English - 1st ed.
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River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze
2001, HarperCollins Publishers
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River town: two years on the Yangtze
2001, HarperCollins Publishers
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"I CAME TO FULING on the slow boat downstream from Chongqing."

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OL7283173M
ISBN 10
0060855029
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9780060855024
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27955
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