Roving Through Southern China: An American's Explorations of Hong Kong, Macao and Canton in the Early 1920s (Paperback or Softback)
Franck, Harry A.
ISBN 10: 9887674834 ISBN 13: 9789887674832
Editore: Blacksmith Books 10/14/2024, 2024
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Roving Through Southern China: An American's Explorations of Hong Kong, Macao and Canton in the Early 1920s. Codice articolo BBS-9789887674832
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American travel writer Harry A Franck was known as the “Prince of Vagabonds”. He arrives in Southern China in 1923 to see a Hong Kong which is building modern department stores while labourers sleep on straw mats beside the harbor. In Macao he visits temples, forts and casinos. And then to Canton, where the ancient city walls are being demolished. Franck also gives us a detailed description of Shameen Island where gunboats protect the foreign enclave.
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Harry Alverson Franck was born in 1881 in Munger, Michigan into a blacksmithing family of German heritage. His lifelong wanderlust seems to have set in early. He left the University of Michigan to see Europe in 1900, working his passage across the Atlantic on a cattle boat. After graduating, Franck spent 16 months circling the globe. He worked his passage in various ways and walked across the Malay peninsula to some press attention.
His initial East Asian travels were recounted in Wandering in Northern China (1923). He then traveled to Japan and Taiwan for Glimpses of Japan and Formosa (1924), before heading to southern China, Hong Kong and Macao for Roving Through Southern China (1925). Franck sent despatches to American newspapers as he traveled to ensure an income while on the move. He was often billed as “Harry A Franck – The Prince of Vagabonds”.
Paul French, who has introduced and annotated this reprint, was born in London and lived and worked in China for many years. His book Midnight in Peking was a New York Times bestseller and a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. He lives in London, UK.
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Titolo: Roving Through Southern China: An American's...
Casa editrice: Blacksmith Books 10/14/2024
Data di pubblicazione: 2024
Legatura: Paperback or Softback
Condizione: New
Tipologia articolo: Book