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

Theroux, Paul. (Author).

Summary:

Describes the author's travels by train in every province of the People's Republic of China.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0399133097
  • ISBN: 9780399133091
  • Physical Description: 480 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: 1st American ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Putnam's, �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 Shandong 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.
Subject:
China > Description and travel.
Railroad travel > China.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lummi Library DS 712 .T44 1988 255035 Stacks Available -