The river at the center of the world :

Winchester, Simon.

The river at the center of the world : a journey up the Yangtze and back in Chinese time / Journey up the Yangtze and back in Chinese time Simon Winchester. - 1st Picador ed. - New York : Picador/Henry Holt, 2004, c1996. - xviii, 414 p. : maps ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [399]-404) and index.

The Plan The Mouth, Open Wide The City Without a Past The First Reach City of Victims Rising Waters Crushed, Torn and Curled Swimming A New Great Wall The Shipmaster's Guide The Foothills The Garden Country of Joseph Rock The River Wild Harder Than the Road to Heaven Headwaters Afterword: The Yangtze 1 7 -- 2 33 -- 3 60 -- 4 89 -- 5 113 -- 6 141 -- 7 160 -- 8 186 -- 9 212 -- 10 253 -- 11 270 -- 12 291 -- 13 331 -- 14 356 -- 15 387 -- 395.

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Yangtze River Region (China)--Description and travel.

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