The River at the Center of the World
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The River at the Center of the World

A Journey Up the Yangtze and Back in Chinese Time

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The River at the Center of the World

A Journey Up the Yangtze and Back in Chinese Time

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A stunning tour of China, its people, and its history. Chosen as one of the best travel books of 1996 by the New York Times Book Review. Rising in the mountains of the Tibetan border, the Yangtze River, the symbolic heart of China, pierces 3, 900 miles of rugged country before debouching into the oily swells of the East China Sea. Connecting China's heartland cities with the volatile coastal giant, Shanghai, it has also historically connected China to the outside world through its nearly one thousand miles of navigable waters. To travel those waters is to travel back in history, to sense the soul of China, and Simon Winchester takes us along with him as he encounters the essence of China--its history and politics, its geography and climate as well as engage in its culture, and its people in remote and almost inaccessible places. The River at the Center of the World is travel writing at its best: lively, informative, and thoroughly enchanting.

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Publisher
Henry Holt and Co.
Year
2014
ISBN
9781466867499
Topic
Personal Development
Subtopic
Travel

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Notice
  4. Contents
  5. Dedication
  6. In Gratitude
  7. Author’s Note
  8. Epigraph
  9. Prelude
  10. 1. The Plan
  11. 2. The Mouth, Open Wide
  12. 3. The City Without a Past
  13. 4. The First Reach
  14. 5. City of Victims
  15. 6. Rising Waters
  16. 7. Crushed, Torn and Curled
  17. 8. Swimming
  18. 9. A New Great Wall
  19. 10. The Shipmasters’ Guide
  20. 11. The Foothills
  21. 12. The Garden Country of Joseph Rock
  22. 13. The River Wild
  23. 14. Harder Than the Road to Heaven
  24. 15. Headwaters
  25. Notes
  26. Suggestions for Further Reading
  27. Index
  28. Map
  29. Also by Simon Winchester
  30. Copyright