Digging to China: Down and Out in the Middle Kingdom

by J.D. Brown

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0939149885
• ISBN13: 9780939149889
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Soho Press
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.2" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

You just don't know the guy!

I suppose if I expected a Bill Bryson-ish essay on China, I may have not rated this book as highly as I do....But over the last 2 years I have gotten to attend classes taught by J. D., and I became interested in his exploits in China as a result of the many episodes he related; and I must say that the book is a faithful representation of J.D.'s experience as HE experienced it. J. D. isn't Pearl Buck, nor is he a paid travel writer. What he is is a teacher/researcher without pretense. He is an articulate, highly intelligent person who happens to be from the USA....and if this clouds his views on China, is it any wonder? Aren't we all indellibly marked with the cultural heritage that we are brought up in? I recommend this book highly, especially if you are a language teacher. I recommend J.D.'s classes even more....