River town

two years on the Yangtze

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Peter Hessler: River town (2001, HarperCollins Publishers)

402 pages

English language

Published 2001 by HarperCollins Publishers.

ISBN:
978-0-06-019544-1
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OCLC Number:
45103069

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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.

7 editions

Subjects

  • Travel
  • Peace Corps
  • Description and travel

Places

  • China
  • Fuling (Sichuan Sheng, China)
  • Fuling (Sichuan Sheng)