THE PEKING EXPRESS: The Bandits Who Stole a Train, Stunned the West, and Broke the Republic of China
In May 1923 Populist rabble rouser Sun Mei-yoo had taken notice of the new train from Shanghai to Peking. He launched a plan to make a brazen political statement: he and a thousand fellow bandits descended on the train, capturing dozens of hostages. The Peking government soon gave chase. Illus.
Format: Hardbound
Pages: 336
Publisher: PublicAffairs
ISBN: 9781541701700
Item #: 9054014
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