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Title: |
Roving Through Southern China |
| Sub-title: |
An American's Explorations of Hong Kong, Macao and Canton in the early 1920s |
| Series: |
China Revisited Series |
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| By (author): |
Harry A Franck Introduction by: Paul French |
| ISBN10-13: |
9887674834 : 9789887674832 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pages: |
120 |
| Weight: |
.104 Kg. |
| Published: |
Blacksmith Books - June 2024 |
| List Price: |
9.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 21 |
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| In the 1920s the American travel writer Harry A Franck was known to readers as the â Prince of Vagabondsâ . His wanderings were family affairs and he arrived in southern China in 1923 with his wife, their two young children and his mother. Franck always claimed that his travel plans were random, subject to chance encounters and whatever caught his eye. He arrives in a Hong Kong which is building modern department stores and large houses while labourers sleep on straw mats beside the harbour. In Macao he visits temples, ancient forts and, of course, casinos. And then to Canton (Guangzhou), a city in flux where new buildings are transforming the waterfront, the ancient city walls are being demolished, and the traditional rookeries of small lanes are being replaced by wide asphalt roads as the city rapidly modernises. Franck also provides us with a highly detailed description of Shamian Island a year after the tumultuous strikes and boycotts that meant naval gunboats and barbed wire still protected the small foreign enclave. |
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