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• catalog abstract "Few places on earth match the splendor of the Yangzi River's Three Gorges. This 150-mile stretch of shoals and chasms has inspired millennia of poets, princes and paupers. As a young man, Cowles was spellbound by tales of danger and daring from those who had ventured into the famed "Dragon's Mouth." In 1946, just prior to the Communist takeover, Cowles, along with a Chinese professor and an Army pilot-engineer, set out to experience the gorges firsthand. For 19 days they immersed themselves in the life of the river, along side 65 crewmen aboard a 95-foot junk. Along the way they encountered bandits, sages, revolutionaries and death, and, ultimately, a sense of meaningfulness that has accompanied them during the ensuing decades. The grandeur and depth are made all the more poignant when juxtaposed against his return in the 1980s, this time aboard a luxury liner. Gone are lice-ridden bedrolls and horrific near-misses with whirlpools, but gone, too is a head-on collision with the sublime and unforgiving forces of nature that first attracted Cowles. With the completion, in 2009, of a mega dam the gorges will be subjugated completely and irrevocably lost.".
• catalog contributor b11308796.
• catalog coverage "Yangtze River Gorges (China) Description and travel.".
• catalog created "1999.".
• catalog date "1999".
• catalog date "1999.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
• catalog description "Few places on earth match the splendor of the Yangzi River's Three Gorges. This 150-mile stretch of shoals and chasms has inspired millennia of poets, princes and paupers. As a young man, Cowles was spellbound by tales of danger and daring from those who had ventured into the famed "Dragon's Mouth." In 1946, just prior to the Communist takeover, Cowles, along with a Chinese professor and an Army pilot-engineer, set out to experience the gorges firsthand. For 19 days they immersed themselves in the life of the river, along side 65 crewmen aboard a 95-foot junk. Along the way they encountered bandits, sages, revolutionaries and death, and, ultimately, a sense of meaningfulness that has accompanied them during the ensuing decades.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 318-319).".
• catalog description "Preface: World's Third Longest River; Acknowledgements & Romanization -- Introduction: The Lure Of Journeying The Yangzi Gorges -- Ch. 1. Yichang Mission Hostel's Caveats and Counsel -- Ch. 2. Renewing Old City Served By Vibrant Mission -- Ch. 3. First Night Aboard The Junk And Yet Another Delay -- Ch. 4. The Yichang Gorge Beckons -- Ch. 5. Through The Xiling's Gates of Hell -- Ch. 6. Qingfan's Restaurateur, Philosophers And Monks -- Ch. 7. Mi Dan Chasm And Tea With Bandits -- Ch. 8. Unsung Commoner Heroes And Lessons Offered -- Ch. 9. New Life In The Witches Gorge -- Ch. 10. Wushan City And Our Search For Zhou Ancestral Hall -- Ch. 11. Awe And Terror, Beauty And Death In The Embankment Chasm".
• catalog description "The grandeur and depth are made all the more poignant when juxtaposed against his return in the 1980s, this time aboard a luxury liner. Gone are lice-ridden bedrolls and horrific near-misses with whirlpools, but gone, too is a head-on collision with the sublime and unforgiving forces of nature that first attracted Cowles. With the completion, in 2009, of a mega dam the gorges will be subjugated completely and irrevocably lost.".
• catalog extent "319 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Through the dragon's mouth.".
• catalog identifier "1564742946 (alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Through the dragon's mouth.".
• catalog issued "1999".
• catalog issued "1999.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Santa Barbara, Calif. : Fithian Press,".
• catalog relation "Through the dragon's mouth.".
• catalog spatial "China Yangtze River Gorges.".
• catalog spatial "Yangtze River Gorges (China) Description and travel.".
• catalog subject "915.1/20442 21".
• catalog subject "Authors Travel China Yangtze River Gorges.".
• catalog subject "Cowles, Ben Thomson, 1915- Travel China Yangtze River Gorges.".
• catalog subject "DS793.Y3 C69 1999".
• catalog tableOfContents "Preface: World's Third Longest River; Acknowledgements & Romanization -- Introduction: The Lure Of Journeying The Yangzi Gorges -- Ch. 1. Yichang Mission Hostel's Caveats and Counsel -- Ch. 2. Renewing Old City Served By Vibrant Mission -- Ch. 3. First Night Aboard The Junk And Yet Another Delay -- Ch. 4. The Yichang Gorge Beckons -- Ch. 5. Through The Xiling's Gates of Hell -- Ch. 6. Qingfan's Restaurateur, Philosophers And Monks -- Ch. 7. Mi Dan Chasm And Tea With Bandits -- Ch. 8. Unsung Commoner Heroes And Lessons Offered -- Ch. 9. New Life In The Witches Gorge -- Ch. 10. Wushan City And Our Search For Zhou Ancestral Hall -- Ch. 11. Awe And Terror, Beauty And Death In The Embankment Chasm".
• catalog title "Through the dragon's mouth : journeys into the Yangtze's three Gorges / Ben Thompson Cowles.".
• catalog type "text".