Young Fu of the upper Yangtze /Elizabeth Foreman Lewis ; illustrations by William Low.
Lewis, Elizabeth Foreman, 1892-1958.,
Young Fu of the upper Yangtze /Elizabeth Foreman Lewis ; illustrations by William Low. - first Square Fish edition. - New York : Square Fish, (c)2008. - x, 306 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
"75th anniversary of its original publication in 1932"--Foreword. "With an introduction by Pearl S. Buck"--Cover.
A City Set upon a Hill -- "In the Beginning All Things Are Difficult" -- Service at the Point of a Rifle -- "If a Man's Affairs Are to Prosper" -- For Sale--Dragon's Breath, Cheap -- Tilting with Fire -- The Devils of Disease -- A Footstool for Bandits! -- A River on the Rampage -- A Small Problem of Owenrship -- "He Who Rides on a Tiger Cannot Dismount" -- "In the Course of Time Men's Motives May Be Seen" -- A Use for Curiosity -- "One Must First Scale the Mountain in Order to View the Plain".
In the 1920's, a Chinese youth from the country comes to Chungking with his mother where the bustling city offers adventure and his apprenticeship to a coppersmith brings good fortune.
Newbery Medal, 1933
9780312380076
City and town life--China--Juvenile fiction.
City and town life--China--Fiction.
PZ7 / .Y686 2008 PZ7
Young Fu of the upper Yangtze /Elizabeth Foreman Lewis ; illustrations by William Low. - first Square Fish edition. - New York : Square Fish, (c)2008. - x, 306 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
"75th anniversary of its original publication in 1932"--Foreword. "With an introduction by Pearl S. Buck"--Cover.
A City Set upon a Hill -- "In the Beginning All Things Are Difficult" -- Service at the Point of a Rifle -- "If a Man's Affairs Are to Prosper" -- For Sale--Dragon's Breath, Cheap -- Tilting with Fire -- The Devils of Disease -- A Footstool for Bandits! -- A River on the Rampage -- A Small Problem of Owenrship -- "He Who Rides on a Tiger Cannot Dismount" -- "In the Course of Time Men's Motives May Be Seen" -- A Use for Curiosity -- "One Must First Scale the Mountain in Order to View the Plain".
In the 1920's, a Chinese youth from the country comes to Chungking with his mother where the bustling city offers adventure and his apprenticeship to a coppersmith brings good fortune.
Newbery Medal, 1933
9780312380076
City and town life--China--Juvenile fiction.
City and town life--China--Fiction.
PZ7 / .Y686 2008 PZ7