| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (274 pages :) : illustrations, map |
| Summary |
"Bill Porter follows the Yellow River, the world's sixth longest river, from its mouth to its source high in the Tibetan Plateau, a journey of more than three thousand miles through nine Chinese provinces. The trip takes the master translator into what was once the cradle of Chinese civilization and to the hometowns and graves of key historical figures such as Confucius, Mencius, Lao-tzu, and Chuang-tzu."--Back cover. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Contents |
Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Shanghai; Chingtao; Islands of the Immortals; Music of the Immortals; The River's Mouth; City of Springs; Stone Buddhas; Taishan; Confucius; Kaifeng; Chengchou; Sungshan; Loyang; The Pass; Those Immortals Again; Historians And Sages; The Yenan Spirit; Yulin; Mongols; Yinchuan; The Desert; Kansu; Chinghai; The Source; Yellow River Odyssey Glossary; About the Author. |
| Subject |
Porter, Bill, 1943- -- Travel -- China.
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Porter, Bill, 1943- (OCoLC)fst01916254
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Yellow River (China) -- Travel.
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TRAVEL -- Asia -- General.
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Travel. (OCoLC)fst01155558
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China. (OCoLC)fst01206073
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China -- Yellow River.
(OCoLC)fst01243831
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Porter, Bill, 1943- Yellow River odyssey. First edition. Seattle, WA : Chin Music Press, 2014 9780988769304 0988769301 |
| ISBN |
098876931X (electronic bk.) |
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9780988769311 (electronic bk.) |
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