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Usually ships in 1-2 business days | | Only 1 left in stock, order soon! | | | | | | In the mid-1970s Peter Jenkins set out across the country's heartland to rediscover America. His stirring account of that extraordinary quest unfolded in the two bestselling books, A Walk Across America and The Walk West, which brought joy and inspiration to millions of readers.
Now The Magnificent Journey Of Discovery Continues On The Far Side Of The World...
Across China
A phone call from a friend marked the beginning of a rare opportunity for Peter Jenkins to trek deep into Tibet, over Mount Everest, and across China to gaze on an ancient mysterious land that few Westerners have ever seen. You will share in his wonder and excitement as he joins some of the world's most daring adventures to conquer the Himalayas...as he defies the Chinese authorities to explore an off-limits fishing village...as he wanders across the steppes of the proud Mongol herdsmen to wrestle with the descendents of Genghis Khan's legendary Golden Horde.
Across China is the journal of a don't-fence-me-in American. It is the story of an astonishing voyage that opened his eyes to new worlds and his heart to new friends, a voyage that strengthened his pride in America. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Peter Jenkins | | Mass Market Paperback: | 364 pages | | Publisher: | Fawcett | | Publication Date: | March 12, 1988 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0449214567 | | Package Length: | 6.9 inches | | Package Width: | 4.0 inches | | Package Height: | 1.1 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.45 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 12 reviews |
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9 of 10 found the following review helpful:
 An absolute wonderful journey into a once forbidden country. Mar 29, 1999
I have read all of Peter's books and have fallen in love with his exciting journeys. But none have touched me as much as "Across China". No anthropologist could touch the 'ways' of the Chinese people as Peter has. The 'fixes' he gets himself into (and out) are so hilarious that you find yourself sitting on the edge of your seat right along with him. The book is so well written that you find yourself on the last page before you are ready to close the back cover. You are guaranteed to read Peter Jenkins books more than once as watching a best selling movie over and over.
7 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Mr. Jenkins writes like an old freind telling you a story Oct 23, 1998
By Scott30496@aol.com
>I fell in love with Peter Jenkins work when I read WALK ACROSS AMERICA. After reading a few pages you feel like you are right beside him during his adventures. This book is wonderful, because he opens up an entire new world that the West knows very little about. The people in the book become real. This will be one of the best books that you will ever read.
5 of 6 found the following review helpful:
More food please. Dec 07, 1999
This book was pretty good, and it read really fast. I would have liked a little more detail about some of the places. It was very hard to get a feel for the time element in Jenkins' trip. Also, it seemed like a lot of China was left out. I know Jenkins set out to see the "real China," but it seemed as though much of it was unaccounted for. Then again, I guess the book is called "across" and not "all around." I thought that he did a good job conveying the impact of the cultural revolution, but, overall I was left a little cold by the way the whole book seemed to hurry me back to America. Read this to get you acquainted with places and ideas, then read "7 Years in Tibet" and "The Snow Leopard" to really teach you something.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Worthwhile reading diversion Jan 26, 2007
By Robert C. Hines Jr.
"Morobi"
Have read most of Peter's books, his walks across America, his boat trip around the Gulf of Mexico, his adventures to Alaska and find this book to be in keeping with his personna as a traveling author. His writing style is a bit folksy and down to earth. In his books, you do feel like your traveling alongside him, meeting the people and experiencing the trip. Through the books, you come to know a lot about his life and family as well as wherever he is traveling. Certainly his books will not go down as a marvel of literary accomplishment, but I do enjoy simply sitting back seeing new places and experiences though the eyes of someone who has taken the initiative to travel places and write about it for us readers. All in all his books are good, comforting reads. And I'd recommend this and any of his books if you're looking for a story of one's travels to places we otherwise may never visit. Lastly, it's probably worth noting that China has radically changed since this book was written, so it's somewhat dated, yet looking past that, it's a glimpse into another place, another time.
4 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 Disappointing piece of writing Aug 23, 2006
By A reader
"sksenglish"
This book is disappointingly adolescent. The writing is stale, especially given the imagination-stimulating possibilities when encountering a new culture, but its worst failing is the barely hidden--and quite possibly even written unawares--xenophobia. Much of the description is insulting--meant to be amusing, I suspect, but Jenkins comes across as a man who is determined to vaunt America and disparage Chinese history and culture. From the very beginning, still in the States, when he describes one of his "favorite waitresses" as having "a perm and wears tight pants", I squirmed. Did a teacher never help him distinguish between `telling detail' and pointless detail? More disturbing here, perhaps: is he unaware of the negative implications of this description? I wouldn't want to be any favorite of his. It's dated, yes--his never having met any "Orientals" (his description), say--but beyond this, the picture is flat, strained in its sentimental description, and the narrator comes across as self-absorbed and unsympathetic. For a far more comprehensive and thought-provoking picture of China in the 80s, and beautifully written, try Colin Thubron's, Behind the Wall.
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