The Will to Walk
$62.76
- Paperback
258 pages
- Release Date
30 October 2020
Summary
LEI DIANSHENG won his place in history by committing ten years to circumnavigating the highways, deserts and plateaus of his homeland. Along the way he would stare death in the face, battling storms, starvation, wild animals, and all too often, his fellow man.
Lei’s journey brought him to the graves of his heroes, to China’s starkest frontiers and to a new understanding of what it means to be alive. In his memoir, The Will to Walk, Lei recounts the greatest h…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781910760901 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1910760900 |
| Author: | Lei, Diansheng |
| Publisher: | ACA Publishing Limited |
| Imprint: | ACA Publishing Limited |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 258 |
| Release Date: | 30 October 2020 |
| Weight: | 372g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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About The Author
Lei, Diansheng
Lei Diansheng was born in 1963 in the far-northeastern city of Harbin. He endured a traumatic childhood due to the Cultural Revolution, losing both his mother and father during his early teens. His ten-year hike across China was inspired by a 1987 set of postage stamps commemorating the 17th-century traveller Xu Xiake. During the course of his 81,000 kilometres journey, he took more than 40,000 photographs, kept a travel journal of over one million words and rose to fame throughout China. In 2004, he entered the Guinness World Records, and in 2008 he helped to carry the torch for the Beijing Olympics.
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