Peter Hessler’s River Town: Two Years On The Yangtze chronicled his stint teaching English to Chinese students in Fuling when he was a Peace Corp volunteer. Next, with Oracle Bones: A Journey Between China’s Past and Present, he took a long, hard look at China’s move from its ancient past to its modern, frenetic, Almost-A-Capitalist-Country status. In his newest book, Country Driving: A Journey Through China from Farm to Factory, Hessler puts us in the passenger seat as he does something very few Americans are likely to experience: Motoring around China.
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Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Armchair Travel: Driving China
By Dick Jordan
Peter Hessler’s River Town: Two Years On The Yangtze chronicled his stint teaching English to Chinese students in Fuling when he was a Peace Corp volunteer. Next, with Oracle Bones: A Journey Between China’s Past and Present, he took a long, hard look at China’s move from its ancient past to its modern, frenetic, Almost-A-Capitalist-Country status. In his newest book, Country Driving: A Journey Through China from Farm to Factory, Hessler puts us in the passenger seat as he does something very few Americans are likely to experience: Motoring around China.
Peter Hessler’s River Town: Two Years On The Yangtze chronicled his stint teaching English to Chinese students in Fuling when he was a Peace Corp volunteer. Next, with Oracle Bones: A Journey Between China’s Past and Present, he took a long, hard look at China’s move from its ancient past to its modern, frenetic, Almost-A-Capitalist-Country status. In his newest book, Country Driving: A Journey Through China from Farm to Factory, Hessler puts us in the passenger seat as he does something very few Americans are likely to experience: Motoring around China.
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