This book follows Edgar Snow's travels in Formosa (Taiwan), Hongkong, Canton, Indo-China, Yunnan, overland to Burma by caravan, and India in the early 1930s, taking a look at both the personal and professional maturation of this important 20th century journalist. Edgar Snow (17 July 1905 in Kansas City, Missouri - 15 February 1972 in Geneva) was an American journalist known for his books and articles on Communism in China and the Chinese Communist revolution. He is believed to be the first Western journalist to interview Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong, and is best known for RED STAR OVER CHINA (1937) an account of the Chinese Communist movement from its foundation until the late 1930s.

Black & white illustrations. Good condition, no dust jacket, blue cloth, gilt title on spine.