The River at the Centre of the World (59 page)

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Authors: Simon Winchester

Tags: #China, #Yangtze River Region (China), #Biography & Autobiography, #History, #General, #Essays & Travelogues, #Travel, #Asia

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From what I heard later it sounded like carbon monoxide poisoning from a blocked heater flue.

Table of Contents

Cover

About the Author

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Map of China

In Gratitude

Author's Note

Prelude

The River at the Centre of the World

1 The Plan
2 The Mouth, Open Wide
3 The City Without a Past
4 The First Reach
5 City of Victims
6 Rising Waters
7 Crushed, Torn and Curled
8 Swimming
9 A New Great Wall
10 The Shipmasters' Guide
11 The Foothills
12 The Garden Country of Joseph Rock
13 The River Wild
14 Harder Than the Road to Heaven
15 Headwaters

Suggestions for Further Reading

Index

Footnotes

1 The Plan
1 The Plan
1 The Plan
1 The Plan
1 The Plan
2 The Mouth, Open Wide
2 The Mouth, Open Wide
2 The Mouth, Open Wide
2 The Mouth, Open Wide
2 The Mouth, Open Wide
2 The Mouth, Open Wide
2 The Mouth, Open Wide
2 The Mouth, Open Wide
3 The City Without a Past
3 The City Without a Past
3 The City Without a Past
3 The City Without a Past
3 The City Without a Past
3 The City Without a Past
3 The City Without a Past
3 The City Without a Past
3 The City Without a Past
4 The First Reach
4 The First Reach
4 The First Reach
4 The First Reach
5 City of Victims
5 City of Victims
5 City of Victims
5 City of Victims
5 City of Victims
5 City of Victims
6 Rising Waters
6 Rising Waters
6 Rising Waters
6 Rising Waters
7 Crushed, Torn and Curled
7 Crushed, Torn and Curled
7 Crushed, Torn and Curled
7 Crushed, Torn and Curled
7 Crushed, Torn and Curled
7 Crushed, Torn and Curled
8 Swimming
8 Swimming
8 Swimming
8 Swimming
8 Swimming
8 Swimming
9 A New Great Wall
9 A New Great Wall
9 A New Great Wall
9 A New Great Wall
9 A New Great Wall
9 A New Great Wall
9 A New Great Wall
9 A New Great Wall
9 A New Great Wall
10 The Shipmasters' Guide
10 The Shipmasters' Guide
10 The Shipmasters' Guide
11 The Foothills
11 The Foothills
11 The Foothills
11 The Foothills
12 The Garden Country of Joseph Rock
12 The Garden Country of Joseph Rock
12 The Garden Country of Joseph Rock

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