The Resource No wall too high : one man's daring escape from Mao's darkest prison, Xu Hongci ; translated from the Chinese and edited by Erling Hoh
No wall too high : one man's daring escape from Mao's darkest prison, Xu Hongci ; translated from the Chinese and edited by Erling Hoh
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The item No wall too high : one man's daring escape from Mao's darkest prison, Xu Hongci ; translated from the Chinese and edited by Erling Hoh represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System.
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- Summary
- "Originally published in Hong Kong, Xu Hongci's remarkable memoir recounts his life from childhood through his final prison break. After discovering his story in a Hong Kong library, the journalist Erling Hoh tracked down the original manuscript and complied this condensed translation, which includes background on this turbulent period, an epilogue that follows Xu Hongci up to his death, and Xu Hongci's own drawings and maps. Both a historical narrative and an exhilarating prison break thriller, No Wall Too High tells the unique story of a man who insisted on freedom -- even under the most treacherous circumstances."
- Language
-
- eng
- chi
- eng
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- xvi, 314 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- Includes index
- Contents
-
- Map: Xu Hongci's escape routes
- How this book came to be
- The French will protect us (1933-1945)
- A heart is always red (1945-1949)
- In cold blood (1950-1951)
- I saw the Chairman (1952-1953)
- Khrushchev's secret speech (1954-1056)
- Not of this world (1956)
- A breath of fresh air (1957)
- Rip him to pieces (July 1957-April 1958)
- The forgotten archipelago (April-December 1958)
- Escape (December 1958-February 1959)
- On the brink of freedom (February-April 1959)
- Fiddlehead congee (1959-1960)
- Angel of death (1960-1961)
- How to bore a blast hole (1963-1965)
- No way home (1965-1966)
- The price of truth (1966)
- Hell's gate (1966-1968)
- Inferno (1968-1969)
- The art of war (1969-1972)
- Endgame (August 6-September 10, 1972)
- Epilogue
- Final thoughts
- Appendix 1: A foul wind in the Department of Medicine
- Appendix 2: A rightist pawn attacks the Party
- Isbn
- 9780374212629
- Label
- No wall too high : one man's daring escape from Mao's darkest prison
- Title
- No wall too high
- Title remainder
- one man's daring escape from Mao's darkest prison
- Statement of responsibility
- Xu Hongci ; translated from the Chinese and edited by Erling Hoh
- Title variation
- One man's daring escape from Mao's darkest prison
- Language
-
- eng
- chi
- eng
- Summary
- "Originally published in Hong Kong, Xu Hongci's remarkable memoir recounts his life from childhood through his final prison break. After discovering his story in a Hong Kong library, the journalist Erling Hoh tracked down the original manuscript and complied this condensed translation, which includes background on this turbulent period, an epilogue that follows Xu Hongci up to his death, and Xu Hongci's own drawings and maps. Both a historical narrative and an exhilarating prison break thriller, No Wall Too High tells the unique story of a man who insisted on freedom -- even under the most treacherous circumstances."
- Assigning source
- -- Dust jacket
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- JAI
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1933-2008
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Xu, Hongci
- Dewey number
- 951.05
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- Translated from the Chinese
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Hoh, Erling
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Xu, Hongci
- China
- Political prisoners
- Escapes
- Label
- No wall too high : one man's daring escape from Mao's darkest prison, Xu Hongci ; translated from the Chinese and edited by Erling Hoh
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Map: Xu Hongci's escape routes -- How this book came to be -- The French will protect us (1933-1945) -- A heart is always red (1945-1949) -- In cold blood (1950-1951) -- I saw the Chairman (1952-1953) -- Khrushchev's secret speech (1954-1056) -- Not of this world (1956) -- A breath of fresh air (1957) -- Rip him to pieces (July 1957-April 1958) -- The forgotten archipelago (April-December 1958) -- Escape (December 1958-February 1959) -- On the brink of freedom (February-April 1959) -- Fiddlehead congee (1959-1960) -- Angel of death (1960-1961) -- How to bore a blast hole (1963-1965) -- No way home (1965-1966) -- The price of truth (1966) -- Hell's gate (1966-1968) -- Inferno (1968-1969) -- The art of war (1969-1972) -- Endgame (August 6-September 10, 1972) -- Epilogue -- Final thoughts -- Appendix 1: A foul wind in the Department of Medicine -- Appendix 2: A rightist pawn attacks the Party
- Control code
- ocn968130408
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- xvi, 314 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780374212629
- Lccn
- 2016958654
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), maps
- Label
- No wall too high : one man's daring escape from Mao's darkest prison, Xu Hongci ; translated from the Chinese and edited by Erling Hoh
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Map: Xu Hongci's escape routes -- How this book came to be -- The French will protect us (1933-1945) -- A heart is always red (1945-1949) -- In cold blood (1950-1951) -- I saw the Chairman (1952-1953) -- Khrushchev's secret speech (1954-1056) -- Not of this world (1956) -- A breath of fresh air (1957) -- Rip him to pieces (July 1957-April 1958) -- The forgotten archipelago (April-December 1958) -- Escape (December 1958-February 1959) -- On the brink of freedom (February-April 1959) -- Fiddlehead congee (1959-1960) -- Angel of death (1960-1961) -- How to bore a blast hole (1963-1965) -- No way home (1965-1966) -- The price of truth (1966) -- Hell's gate (1966-1968) -- Inferno (1968-1969) -- The art of war (1969-1972) -- Endgame (August 6-September 10, 1972) -- Epilogue -- Final thoughts -- Appendix 1: A foul wind in the Department of Medicine -- Appendix 2: A rightist pawn attacks the Party
- Control code
- ocn968130408
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- xvi, 314 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780374212629
- Lccn
- 2016958654
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), maps
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