Identifier : yankeeonyangtzeb00geil ( find matches )
Title : A Yankee on the Yangtze : being a narrative of a journey from Shanghai through the central kingdom to Burma
Year : 1904 ( 1900s )
Authors : Geil, William Edgar, 1865-1925
Subjects : China -- Description and travel Yangtze River (China)
Publisher : London : Hodder and Stoughton
Contributing Library : University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor : MSN

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