The Longest March

Author : Fred Khumalo
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781415210376

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A hundred and twenty years ago, seven thousand Zulu mineworkers walked from the gold mines in Johannesburg to Natal, covering a distance of five hundred kilometres over ten days. This journey was their longest march. It is 1899 and Philippa’s fiancé Nduku has just broken off their engagement. She is heartbroken – after all, she has followed him from Kimberley, where they first met, to the goldfields of Johannesburg. In this bustling new city, tensions are mounting between the South African Republic and the gold-hungry British Empire. When war is declared, the mines are shut down and migrant workers ordered to leave town. But how do you get home and out of harm’s way when there are no running trains and home is hundreds of kilometres away? You walk. Over perilous terrain – sleeping in the open, being attacked by wild animals and harassed by armed white farmers – Nduku and Philippa and seven thousand others walk. Disguised as a mineworker’s wife, for Philippa is white, she and Nduku talk about their true histories, about their fears and hopes, with every footfall. On their way to Natal, and on their long journey into their inner selves, the possibility of lasting happiness seems within reach – if only they can survive, and if only they can weather the storm of an unexpected third player in their troubled romance. Set during an incredible event in South African history, Fred Khumalo’s new novel is a tale of heady determination, and a tribute to the perseverance and courage of ordinary men and women when faced with extraordinary circumstances.

Author : Shuyun Sun
Publisher : Doubleday Books
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : China
ISBN : 9780385520249

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The Long March by Shuyun Sun Pdf

Recounts the events of China's Long March, describing the odyssey of thousands of Chinese Communists from their bases to the remote north of China and discussing stories behind the March, including ruthless purges, hunger and disease, and mistreatment ofwomen.

Author : William Styron
Publisher : New York : Random House, [196-? c1952]
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Korean War, 1950-1953
ISBN : 0549586113

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The Long March by William Styron Pdf

In the shadow of the Korean War, a series of misfired mortar shells kill six men in a Marine camp during a training exercise, prompting the commanding officer to order a grueling punishment: a thirty-six mile march through the suffocating heat of the Carolina summer. Intended to beat discipline into the aging reservists, the march instead rankles Lieutenant Culver and Captain Mannix, whose growing resentment of the brutal trek leads to an ultimate, powerful act of rebellion. The Long March is a withering critique of a military system that leaves no room for dignity or personal identity. Told in part through flashbacks and dream sequences, the story is immersed in vivid language and philosophical reflection--a poignant defense of the individual in the face of attempted dehumanization.

Author : Frederic Tuten
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0811216322

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The Adventures of Mao on the Long March by Frederic Tuten Pdf

A revolutionary comic masterpiece, an icon of literature as American pop art, and a book unlike any other, The Adventures of Mao on the Long March breaks all frames.

Author : Lily Xiao Hong Lee,Sue Wiles
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1999-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781741767612

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Women of the Long March by Lily Xiao Hong Lee,Sue Wiles Pdf

The Long March, a year-long retreat made by the Chinese Communist Red Army escaping from destruction by the Nationalist forces, is a central turning point in the history of modern China. Thirty women marched with the top leaders, including Mao Zedong and Deng Xioping, during the 6,000-mile trek, and 3,000 women were among the ranks. This book, one of the few to focus on the women, tells their story through the biographies of three key players. Just 17 when they became lovers, Mao's second wife, He Zizhen, bore his children along the way and was forced to leave them behind; Kang Kequing, wife of Zhu De, endured the same hardships as the men, shouldered arms, and fought alongside her male comrades; Commander Wang Quanyuan was captured with her battalion by enemy cavalry that forced the women to become concubines. Drawing on interviews and published and unpublished sources, this book details their experiences on the March and subsequent lives in Communist China.

Author : Orville Schell,John Delury
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : China
ISBN : 9780679643470

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Wealth and Power by Orville Schell,John Delury Pdf

Two leading experts on China evaluate its rise throughout the past one hundred fifty years, sharing portraits of key intellectual and political leaders to explain how China transformed from a country under foreign assault to a world giant.

Author : Thomas R. Hargrove,Tom Hargrove
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9781603444576

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Long March to Freedom by Thomas R. Hargrove,Tom Hargrove Pdf

Running late for work one morning in September 1994, Tom Hargrove, communications director for an international agricultural aid organization in Cali, Colombia, was mildly annoyed when he spotted a roadblock, or reten, manned by soldiers in fatigues. He chafed at the delay, but told himself that guerrillas and kidnappers didn't operate on a main highway in broad daylight. But Hargrove had been dreadfully mistaken. Despite his assertions that he worked for a non-profit agricultural agency, he was forced at gunpoint into a vehicle and driven into the mountains by communist narco-terrorists who believed he was a valuable hostage. For almost a year, Hargrove was held by the guerillas and moved from one remote location to another. To maintain his grip on sanity, he recorded his daily experiences in makeshift journals: in a checkbook; on children's notebooks; and on scraps of paper scrounged during his ordeal. Hargrove's story, originally published in 1995, was the basis for the major motion picture Proof of Life, starring Russell Crowe and Meg Ryan. Now available again in paperback, Long March to Freedom chronicles one man's spirited determination to hang onto life and faith amid nearly impossible circumstances.

Author : Roger Kimball
Publisher : Encounter Books
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2001-06-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781594033933

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The Long March by Roger Kimball Pdf

In The Long March, Roger Kimball, the author of Tenured Radicals, shows how the "cultural revolution" of the 1960s and '70s took hold in America, lodging in our hearts and minds, and affecting our innermost assumptions about what counts as the good life. Kimball believes that the counterculture transformed high culture as well as our everyday life in terms of attitudes toward self and country, sex and drugs, and manners and morality. Believing that this dramatic change "cannot be understood apart from the seductive personalities who articulated its goals," he intersperses his argument with incisive portraits of the life and thought of Allen Ginsberg, Norman Mailer, Timothy Leary, Susan Sontag, Eldridge Cleaver and other "cultural revolutionaries" who made their mark. For all that has been written about the counterculture, until now there has not been a chronicle of how this revolutionary movement succeeded and how its ideas helped provoke today's "culture wars." The Long March fills this gap with a compelling and well-informed narrative that is sure to provoke discussion and debate.

Author : Harrison Evans Salisbury
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : China
ISBN : LCCN:86156113

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Author : Chen Chang-feng
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2001-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0898754054

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On the Long March with Chairman Mao by Chen Chang-feng Pdf

The Long March, the first such expedition in history, was made by the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party and Chairman Mao Tsetung during the period of 1934-36. Covering 25,000 li (12,500 kilometers), the march ended in victory after breaching heavy enemy encirclements and over-coming innumerable dangers and difficulties.This book is a record of the author's six years from 1930, when he served first as Chairman Mao Tsetung's orderly and then as bodyguard. Here are his impressions of the chairman's life and work, focusing on the Long March, and of the Red Army in time of trial. These reminiscences of the revolution highlight the historical events of that period and bring out vividly Chairman Mao's revolutionary outlook and plain living.Appended are two articles: Happy Reminiscences and About the Long March. The first appears as the author's afterword and gives some supplementary material, followed by an account of his interview with the Chairman after the founding of New China. The second additional article provides background information for a better understanding of the book.

Author : Guy Murray Wilson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Refugees
ISBN : 186106165X

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The Longest March by Guy Murray Wilson Pdf

Author : Hannah N. Foust
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781098079024

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The Long March Home by Hannah N. Foust Pdf

Born in the hills of South Carolina, Ben Jameson, an illiterate young man of eighteen, finds himself volunteering in the burgeoning Confederate army with the nation on the verge of a civil war, after a horrible tragedy leaves him and his siblings orphaned. Although he makes lasting friendships along the way, he struggles with his beliefs, trusting God, and the ways of war. During one of the bloodiest battles, the Battle of Shiloh, Ben is fatally wounded and left for dead, lost, paralyzed, and with no memory. Can an unlikely stranger from his past bring him healing, renew his faith in God, and get him back home whole again?

Author : Aziz Baloch,Shawn Forbes,Kyle Farquharson
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781546251750

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The Longest March by Aziz Baloch,Shawn Forbes,Kyle Farquharson Pdf

Balochistan is a large mountainous desert region in southwestern Asia that is rich in natural resources and has been a geopolitically crucial location since the dawn of civilization. The Longest March: Balochistans Struggle for Human Rights and Self-Determination provides a fresh perspective and detailed analysis of Balochistans rich history, culture, and the Baloch peoples struggle for liberation. The team at Balochi TV Online exposes the social deprivations and human rights abuses inflicted upon the Baloch people by the occupying states. Formerly its own sovereign country, for the past seventy years, Balochistan has been occupied by Pakistan and Iran. Ever since the occupation of Balochistan began, the Baloch people have been subjected to a systematic campaign of enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, and violent military operations. Despite the Baloch peoples efforts to raise awareness of the human rights abuses in Balochistan on the world stage, the international community has thus far failed to respond. Since 2015, the Balochi TV Online team has tirelessly worked to document and broadcast these atrocities.

Author : Charles Waite
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752477527

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Survivor of the Long March by Charles Waite Pdf

Nothing prepares a man for war and Private Charles Waite, of the Queen's Royal Regiment, was ill-prepared when his convoy took a wrong turning near Abbeville and met 400 German soldiers and half a dozen tanks. 'The day I was captured, I had a rifle but no ammunition.' He lost his freedom that day in May 1940 and didn't regain it until April 1945 when he was rescued by Americans near Berlin, having walked 1,600 kms from East Prussia. Silent for seventy years, Charles writes about his five lost years: the terrible things he saw and suffered; his forced work in a stone quarry and on farms; his period in solitary confinement for sabotage; and his long journey home in one of the worst winters on record, across the frozen river Elbe, to Berlin and liberation. His story is also about friendship, of physical and mental resilience and of compassion for everyone who suffered. Part of that story includes the terrible Long March, or Black March, when 80,000 British POWs were forced to trek through a vicious winter westwards across Poland, Czechoslovakia and Germany as the Soviets approached. Thousands died. There are simply no memoirs of that terrible trek – except this one.

Author : Benjamin Lai
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472834003

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The Long March 1934–35 by Benjamin Lai Pdf

Every nation has its founding myth, and for modern China it is the Long March. In the autumn of 1934, the Chinese Nationalists under Chiang Kai-shek routed the Chinese Communists and some 80,000 men, women and children left their homes to walk with Mao Zedong into the unknown. Mao's force had to endure starvation, harsh climates, and challenging terrain whilst under constant aerial bombardment and threatened by daily skirmishes. The Long March survivors had to cross 24 rivers and 18 mountain ranges, through freezing snow and disease-ridden wilderness to reach their safe-haven of Yan'an. In military terms, the Long March was the longest continuous march in the history of warfare and it came as a terrible cost – after one year, 6,000 miles and countless battles, fewer than 4,000 of the original marchers were left. Illustrated with stunning full-colour artwork, this enthralling book tells the full story this epic display of resilience, and shows how, from the desert plateau of Yan'an, these survivors would grow the army that conquered China 14 years on, changing history forever.