I Sailed with Chinese Pirates
I Sailed with Chinese Pirates
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I Sailed with Chinese Pirates by Aleko E Lilius
An enthusiastic history of rampant Cantonese piracy in the 1930s, this first-hand account follows globetrotting journalist Aleko E. Lilius as he sets out to infiltrate mysterious pirate gangs. Describing every detail of the reporter s life as he eats, sleeps, and sails with murderous gangs, this recollection chronicles the rapport between Lilius and South China s notorious pirate queen, Lai Choi San. Including the harrowing misdeeds witnessed on Lilius s journey, this record is a sensational, adventurous tale.
Aleko E. Lilius was a Russian journalist, a writer, and an adventurer. He is the author of Turbulent Tangiers. Paul French is a Shanghai-based editor, writer, and analyst. He is the author of Carl Crow: A Tough Old China Hand, North Korea: The Paranoid Peninsula, and Through the Looking Glass and the coauthor of Fat China and Oil and Water.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9789881815446 |
| ISBN 10 | 9881815444 |
| Title | I Sailed with Chinese Pirates |
| Author | Aleko E Lilius |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | China Economic Review Publishing |
| Year published | 2010-01-30 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |