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2001

Format:	Book
Author:	Hessler, Peter, 1969-
Title:	River town : two years on the Yangtze / Peter Hessler.
Edition:	1st ed.
Publisher, Date:	New York : HarperCollins Publishers, ©2001.
Description:	402 pages : maps ; 25 cm
Summary:	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.
Subjects:	Hessler, Peter, 1969- -- Travel -- China -- Fuling (Sichuan Sheng) Peace Corps (U.S.) -- China. Fuling (Sichuan Sheng, China) -- Description and travel.
Genre:	Creative nonfiction. Travel writing.
Notes:	2001 Kiriyama Prize for nonfiction.
Contents:	PART I: Downstream --The city --Shakespeare with Chinese characteristics -- Raise the Flag Mountain -- Running -- The White Crane Ridge --The dam -- The Wu River -- Opium Wars --White Flat Mountain --Storm -- PART II: Summer -- The priest -- Chinese life --The restaurant owner -- Money -- The teacher -- Chinese New Year -- The land -- Spring again -- The river -- Upstream.
Web Site:	Contributor biographical information
LCCN:	00049872
ISBN:	0060195444 9780060195441 0060953748 9780060953744 0060855029 9780060855024
Other Number:	45103069
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Control Number:	93360
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Call Number:	915.138 Hessler

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