Hessler, Peter, 1969-

River town : two years on the Yangtze / Peter Hessler. - New York : HarperCollins Publishers, 2006. - 402, 16 p. : maps ; 21 cm.

Includes P.S. insights, interviews & more (16 p.).

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.

9780060855024 (pbk.) 0060855029 (pbk.) 0060195444


Hessler, Peter, 1969- --Travel--China--Fuling (Sichuan Sheng)


Fuling (Sichuan Sheng, China)--Description and travel.

915.138 / HES 2006