Travel Books Riding the Iron Rooster By Train Through China by Paul Theroux Used books for readers adventure books Train Travel by Rail
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This is a near fine (almost like new) hardcover with dust jacket. 1988 Putnam Publishing. This copy is remarkably crisp and clean inside and out. The pages are still crisp and clean with no markings seen. The binding is tight and straight. Brown hardcover boards with black quarter trim under jacket are also near fine. The dust jacket is clean and shiny with only very light shelf wear at corners/edges (very small tear top front edge). Standard medium octavo book size or 6.5" x 9.5" with 480 pages. Illustrated maps inside front and back endpapers.
If you want to understand China, take the train as the author of The Great Railway Bazaar, Paul Theroux did. In this book, Riding the Iron Rooster, he takes us through China. The book is full of adventure and a rich, warm memoir. He shares conversations about culture, writing novels, growing fruit and thousands of other details from everyday life. It is a true armchair adventure for any reader.
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