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Riding the iron rooster : by train through China / Paul Theroux.

Theroux, Paul. (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0399133097
ISBN: 0618658971
ISBN: 9780618658978
Physical Description: 480 pages ; 25 cm
Edition: First American edition
Publisher: New York : Putnam's, [1988]
Copyright: ©1988

Content descriptions

General Note:

Maps on lining papers.

Formatted Contents Note:

The train to Mongolia -- The Inner Mongolian Express to Datong: Train number 24 -- Night train number 90 to Peking -- The Shanghai Express -- The fast train to Canton -- Train number 324 to Hohhot and Lanzhou -- The Iron Rooster -- Train number 104 to Xian -- The Express to Chengdu -- The halt at Emei Shan: Train number 209 to Kunming -- The fast train to Guilin: Number 80 -- The slow train to Changsha and Shaoshan "Where the sun rises" -- The Peking Express: Train number 16 -- The International Express to Harbin: Train number 17 -- The slow train to Langxiang: Number 295 -- The boat train to Dalian: Number 92 -- On the Lake of Heaven to Yantai -- The slow train to Qingdao: Number 508 -- The Shangdong Express to Shanghai: Train number 234 -- The night train to Xiamen: Number 375 -- The Qinghai Local to Xining: Train number 275 -- The train to Tibet.