ASIN: B005VGXO06
Publisher: Amazon.com Services LLC
Pages: 256
This is the Third Edition (2015) of HUNGRY RIVER. The main changes are the cover and publisher. The Second Edition (2011), still "out there," added photos to the First Edition (2005). The story itself has not changed with Editions Two and Three. In the midst of the 1900 Boxer Rebellion massacres, Nils and Lizzie attempt to flee to safety down the treacherous Great Long Yangtze River in their disguised boat. When rebel troops capture them, a fierce-faced commander takes one look at them, then mysteriously shouts to his men, "Where are the foreign devils? I see only white Chinese! Release them!"Hungry River tells the story of these daring "white Chinese" missionary-river-merchants struggling to survive in war-tormented China -- a story highlighted by their granddaughter Abbie's modern-day journal entries. A romance triangle, danger, tragedy and mystery are all part of their story. But so ...
