Description: Good Condition ex library copy of The Pecking Express; The bandits who stole a train, stunned the west, and broke the Republic of China. A MURDER ON THE ORIENTEXPRESS-STYLE ADVENTURE, SET IN CHINA'S REPUBLICAN ERA In May 1923, when Shanghai publisher and reporter John Benjamin Powell bought a first. class ficket for the Peking Express, he pictured an idyllic overnight journey on a brand-new train of unprecedented luxury exactly what the advertisements promised. Seeing his fellow pas- sengers, including mysterious Italian lawyer Giuseppe Musso, a confidante of Mussolini and lowyer for the opium trade, and American heiress Lucy Aldrich, sister-in-law of John D. Rockefeller Jr., he knew it would be an unforgettable trip. Charismatic bandit leader and populist rabble rouser Sun Mei-yao had also taken notice of the new train from Shanghai to Peking. On the night of Powell's trip of a lifetime, Sun launched his plan to make a brazen political statement: he and a thousand fellow bandits descended on the train, capturing dozens of hostages. Aided by local proxy authorities, the humiliated Peking government soon furiously gave chase. At the bandits' mountain stronghold, a five-week siege began. Brilliantly written, with new and original research, The Peking Express tells the incredible true story of a clash that shocked the world— becoming so celebrated it inspired several Hollywood movies and set the course for China's two-decade civil war.
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Features: Library Binding, Dust Jacket, Ex-Library
Book Title: Peking Express : the Bandits Who Stole a Train, Stunned the West, and Broke the Republic of China
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Public Affairs
Topic: Railroads / History, Asia / China
Publication Year: 2023
Item Height: 1.5 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Transportation, History
Item Weight: 20 oz
Item Length: 9.6 in
Author: James M. Zimmerman
Item Width: 6.4 in
Format: Hardcover
