Roving Through Southern China (Paperback)

Language: English

Published by Blacksmith Books, Hong Kong, 2024

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Paperback. In the 1920s the American travel writer Harry A Franck was known to readers as the Prince of Vagabonds. His wanderings were family affairs and he arrived in southern China in 1923 with his wife, their two young children and his mother. Franck always claimed that his travel plans were random, subject to chance encounters and whatever caught his eye.He arrives in a Hong Kong which is building modern department stores and large houses while labourers sleep on straw mats beside the harbour. In Macao he visits temples, ancient forts and, of course, casinos. And then to Canton (Guangzhou), a city in flux where new buildings are transforming the waterfront, the ancient city walls are being demolished, and the traditional rookeries of small lanes are being replaced by wide asphalt roads as the city rapidly modernises.Franck also provides us with a highly detailed description of Shamian Island a year after the tumultuous strikes and boycotts that meant naval gunboats and barbed wire still protected the small foreign enclave. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Title
Roving Through Southern China (Paperback)
Author
Harry A. Franck
Publisher
Blacksmith Books, Hong Kong
Publication year
2024
Condition
new
Binding
Paperback
Language
English
ISBN 10
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