Mao
Subtitle: A Life
Publisher: Owl Books
Published: February 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 800
ISBN-13: 9780805066388
Subjects: Heads of state; Political; China; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Mao, Zedong,; Biography/Autobiography; Historical - General; General; Asia - China; Biography & Autobiography / Political; Biography; 1893-1976
First sentence: In winter, in Hunan, the wind howls bone-cold across bare fields of dry yellow earth, kicking up the dust so that it stings the eyes of the horses and makes men squint as they lean into the frozen air, their faces like leather masks.