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Author Hessler, Peter, 1969-

Title River town : two years on the Yangtze / Peter Hessler.

Publication Info. New York : HarperCollins Publishers, [2001]
©2001

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 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  915.13 HES    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  915.1 HES    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  915.1 HESSLER    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  915.13 H46    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  915.13 HESSLER    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  915.138 HESSLER    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Non Fiction  915.138 HESSLER    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  915.138 HESSLER    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  915.13 HESSLER    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  915.1 HE    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
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.
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.
Subject Hessler, Peter, 1969- -- Travel -- China -- Fuling (Sichuan Sheng)
Fuling (Sichuan Sheng, China) -- Description and travel.
ISBN 0060195444
9780060195441
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