COWLES, BEN THOMSON

Through the Dragon's Mouth Journeys into the Yangzi's Three Gorges

Santa Barbara. Fithian Press. 1999. Stock ID #166863

Black and white illustrations, 319pp, bibliography, very good hardback copy in dustjacket.

In 1946 the author along with a Chinese professor and an Army pilot-engineer set out to experience the Yangzi Gorges. For 19 days they immersed themselves in the life of the river, along side 65 crewmen aboard a 95 foot junk. Along the way they encountered bandits, sages, revolutionaries and death, and, ultimately, a sense of meaningfulness that has accompanied them during the ensuing decades.

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