The Peking Express: The Bandits Who Stole a Train, Stunned the West, and Broke the Republic of China Zimmerman James M.
The thrilling true story of train-robbing revolutionaries and passengers who got more than they paid for.In 1923 Shanghai, native and foreign travelers alike are enthralled by the establishment of a…
Specifikacia The Peking Express: The Bandits Who Stole a Train, Stunned the West, and Broke the Republic of China Zimmerman James M.
The thrilling true story of train-robbing revolutionaries and passengers who got more than they paid for.In 1923 Shanghai, native and foreign travelers alike are enthralled by the establishment of a new railway line to distant Peking. With this new line comes the Peking Express, a luxurious express train on the cutting edge of China's continental transportation.Among those drawn to the train are oil heiress Lucy Aldrich, journalist John Benjamin Powell, and vacationing Army Majors Roland Pinger and Robert Allen, wives and children in tow. These errant Americans and their eclectic fellow passengers all eagerly anticipate an idyllic overnight journey in first class.But the train's passengers are not the only ones enchanted by the Peking Express. The bandit revolutionary Sun Mei-yao sees in it the promise of a reckoning long overdue. From his vantage in Shantung