Swimming to Freedom

Swimming to Freedom
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Publisher : Abrams
Total Pages : 314
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ISBN-10 : 9781647001865
ISBN-13 : 1647001862
Rating : 4/5 (862 Downloads)
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Book Synopsis Swimming to Freedom by : Kent Wong

Download or read book Swimming to Freedom written by Kent Wong and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Kent Wong was a young boy, his father, a patriotic Chinese official in the customs office in Hong Kong, joined an insurrection at work and returned with the family to the newly established People’s Republic of China. Hailed as heroes, they settled in the southern city of Canton. But Mao’s China was dangerous and unstable, with landlords executed en-masse and millions dying of starvation during the Great Leap Forward.


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