Description: Description Title: A Chinese Testament: The Autobiography of Tan Shih-hua Author: Tan Shih-hua, as told to S. Tretiakov [Sergei Tretyakov] Description: First Edition. Boards in orange cloth stamped in black and burgundy. Faint blemish on front cover. Interior is clean and unmarked. Dust jacket shows light edgewear and has a bit of chipping; not price clipped ($3.00); in an archival mylar sleeve. ix, 316 pages. Scarce in dust jacket. The autobiography of Tan Shih-hua, son of one of Sun Yat Sen's lieutenants, describing his first twenty-six years (1900-1926), from boyhood in a Szechuan village to university life in Peking, documenting his family's ups-and-downs as well as his father's political troubles. At university, he meets Tretyakov, a Soviet professor, and comes under his revolutionary influence and to whom he dictates his story. Binding: Hardcover Condition: Near Fine Jacket Condition: Very Good Publisher: Simon and Schuster Place: New York Year: 1934 Keywords: China, autobiography, students, social life, customs, Sun Yat-sen, Kuomintang, biography, biographies, revolution,
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Book Title: A Chinese Testament: The Autobiography of Tan Shih-hua
Book Series: Historical
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Original Language: Russian
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Intended Audience: Adults
Edition: First Edition
Publication Year: 1934
Type: Autobiography
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Author: Tan Shih-hua, Sergei Tretyakov
Features: Dust Jacket
Genre: Biographies & True Stories
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: China
