Season of High Adventure

by S. Bernard Thomas

Book Overview

In 1928, Edgar Snow (1905-1972) set out to see the world, hoping to make his mark as a travel-adventure writer. Shanghai was to be a mere stopover, but Snow stayed on in China for thirteen more years. The idealistic young Midwesterner became a journalist and ultimately developed close friendships with China's emerging revolutionary leaders. His 1938 classic, Red Star over China , strongly influenced American views of the Chinese Communists and is...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520202767
• ISBN13: 9780520202764
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 587 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"