74947X1 First Edition. PublicAffairs, New York: 2004. 417 pages. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. James Lilley's life has been entwined with China's fate since 1917, when his father started selling kerosine for Standard Oil along the Yangtze River. China Hands recounts his adventures as well as those of three generations of his family - all of them absorbing, many of them exciting, and one unduly tragic. It is a fascinating and moving look at America in Asia, Asia itself, and the remarkable life of one especially capable American. Includes an Index. ". . . a splendid memoir - as engaging as it it informative." - James Schlesinger, Former Director of the CIA ISBN: 1586481363 $41.45USD
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