Edgar Snow's China: A Personal Account of the Chinese Revolution Compiled from the Writings of Edgar Snow by Snow, Lois Wheeler - 1983

New York: Vintage Books/Random House, 1983. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Second Printing (1981). xx, 284pp, frontis map, author Forewrd, Chronology, profusely illustrated in monochrome from photgraphs, photo credits, source notes, index. 4to/27.5cm. Paper, very good, internally fine. Lois Wheeler Snow (1922- ) was the second wife of Edgar Snow (1905-1972), the American journalist especially known for his articles on Communism in China and the Chines Communist revolution. He is believed to have been the first Western journalist to interview Mao Zedong. His resulting book, Red Star Over China, became a classic. He played a minor but significant role in laying the groundwork for President Nixon's visit to China..