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China's Long March: 6,000 Miles of Danger
Contributor(s): Fritz, Jean (Author), Dunne, Bernadette (Read by)
ISBN: 1482949660     ISBN-13: 9781482949667
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
OUR PRICE:   $44.10  
Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats
Published: January 2014
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History - Asia
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places - Asia
Dewey: 951.042
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.5" W x 6.1" (0.50 lbs)
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Asian
- Ethnic Orientation - Asian
 
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Publisher Description:

From award-winning children's author Jean Fritz comes the incredible true account of the Long March, a six-thousand-mile journey across China

In 1986, Jean Fritz went to China and talked to survivors of the Long March. It is from their recollections and her own broad, personal knowledge of Chinese history that Fritz has written one of the most compelling accounts of the incredible six-thousand-mile journey across China made by the Communist Army in 1934 and 1935.

Fritz takes us on the route of the sixty-mile-long First Front Army, the unit of Mao Zedong that wound its way through a terrain so perilous it was often more threatening than their battles with the enemy. The fear of a young soldier on Old Mountain afraid to go to sleep in case he might roll over and fall off the cliff is real to us; the drama and devastation that reduced the Red Army to twenty thousand men and women are immediate. And when the army crosses the thundering Dadu River on the threadbare remains of a bridge, we cross our fingers and hope to make it, too.

Skillfully placing events within the context of history, Fritz allows us to view them with the perspective of time, and, as she shares the memories of those she talked with, she brings humanness and intimacy to the participants and their unforgettable journey.


Contributor Bio(s): Fritz, Jean: -

Jean Fritz, the Newbery Honor-winning author of Homesick, is best known for her engaging and enlightening nonfiction for young readers, including What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?, And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?, and Shh! We're Writing the Constitution. She was honored with the Knickerbocker Award for Juvenile Literature by the New York State Library Association and won the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for her career contribution to American children's literature.

Dunne, Bernadette: -

Bernadette Dunne is the winner of more than a dozen AudioFile Earphones Awards and has twice been nominated for the prestigious Audie Award. She studied at the Royal National Theatre in London and the Studio Theater in Washington, DC, and has appeared at the Kennedy Center and off Broadway.