About this title: In 1966, twelve-year-old Fan Shen, a newly minted Red Guard, plunged happily into China's Cultural Revolution. Disillusion soon followed, then turned to disgust and fear when Shen discovered that his compatriots had tortured and murdered a doctor whose house he'd helped raid and whose beautiful daughter he secretly adored. A story of coming of age in the midst of monumental historical upheaval, Shen's "Gang of One" is more than a memoir of one young man's harrowing experience during a time of terror. It is also, in spite of circumstances of remarkable grimness and injustice, an unlikely ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
ISBN-13:9780803243088ISBN:0803243081
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
ISBN-13:9780803243088ISBN:0803243081
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Bison Books
Date Published: 2006-03-01
ISBN-13:9780803293366ISBN:0803293364
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Bison Books
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780803293366ISBN:0803293364
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780803243088ISBN:0803243081
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall. "A story of coming of age in the midst of monumental historical upheaval, Shen's GANG OF ONE is more than a memoir of one young man's harrowing experience during a time of terror. It is also, in spite of circumstances of remarkable grimness and injustice, an unlikely picturesque tale of adventure full of courage, cunning, wit, tenacity, resourcefulness, and sheer luck-the story of how Shen managed to scheme his way through a hugely oppressive system ... read more
Edition: Not Given
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780803243088ISBN:0803243081
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall. "A story of coming of age in the midst of monumental historical upheaval, Shen's GANG OF ONE is more than a memoir of one young man's harrowing experience during a time of terror. It is also, in spite of circumstances of remarkable grimness and injustice, an unlikely picturesque tale of adventure full of courage, cunning, wit, tenacity, resourcefulness, and sheer luck-the story of how Shen managed to scheme his way through a hugely oppressive system ... read more
Edition: Not Given
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780803243088ISBN:0803243081
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. "A story of coming of age in the midst of monumental historical upheaval, Shen's GANG OF ONE is more than a memoir of one young man's harrowing experience during a time of terror. It is also, in spite of circumstances of remarkable grimness and injustice, an unlikely picaresque tale of adventure full of courage, cunning wit, tenacity, resourcefulness and sheer luck...." This book has 279 pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University Of Nebraska Press, Lincoln
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780803243088ISBN:0803243081
Description: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 0803243081. Signed & Inscribed by author on ffep. Light rubbing and light bumping to spine extremities. Else binding clean. A bit of light soil to page edges; else pages clean. Light bumping to DJ spine extremities. Else DJ clean.; 279 pages; Signed by Author. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780803243088ISBN:0803243081
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780803293366ISBN:0803293364
Description: Paperback. Not Pretty. Some Staining/Wrinkling/Bent Pages; Frayed Corners/Bent Cover. SKU: 20887128 All orders shipped within 1 business day. 14 day money back guarantee ISBN: 9780803293366 Not Pretty. Some Staining/Wrinkling/Bent Pages; Frayed Corners/Bent Cover. SKU: 20887128 All orders shipped within 1 business day. 14 day money back guarantee. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: UNIV OF NEBRASKA PR
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780803293366ISBN:0803293364
Description: In 1966 twelve-year-old Fan Shen, a newly minted Red Guard, plunged happily into China's Cultural Revolution. Disillusion soon followed, then turned to disgust and fear when Shen discovered that his compatriots had tortured and murdered a doctor whos... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780803243088ISBN:0803243081
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Signed by Author inscribed and signed on half-title page, 279 pages, red paper and cloth over boards with gilt spine title, illustrated dustjacket in protective mylar cover. Photos of author (and family? ) laid in. In 1966 twelve-year-old Fan Shen, a newly minted Red Guard, plunged happily into China's Cultral Revolution. Disillusion soon followed, then turned to disgust and fear. A story of coming of age in the midst of monumental historical upheaval, Shen's ... read more
Edition: American Lives Series Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln and London
Date Published: 2004
Description: Softcover. Brand new book. In 1966 twelve-year-old Fan Shen, a newly minted Red Guard, plunged happily into China's Cultural Revolution. Disillusion soon followed, then turned to disgust and fear when Shen discovered that his compatriots had tortured and murdered a doctor whose house he'd helped raid and whose beautiful daughter he secretly adored. A story of coming of age in the midst of monumental historical upheaval, Shen's Gang of One is more than a memoir of one young man's harrowing ... read more
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