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My China Years

by Helen Foster Snow, Helen Snow · 1984

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Helen Foster Snow tells of her marriage to brilliant American correspondent Edgar Snow, their home in Peking, and her life in China at a time of civil dissension as the Communists rose to power.

Subject
biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of thistraveltravelMore like thisLess of this
Themes
politicspoliticsMore like thisLess of thiswomenwomenMore like thisLess of this
Setting
20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisChinaChinaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 349 pages

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