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Riding the Dragons Back by Bangs,Richard and Kallen,Christian - 1989

by Bangs,Richard and Kallen,Christian

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Riding the Dragons Back by Bangs,Richard and Kallen,Christian - 1989

Riding the Dragons Back

by Bangs,Richard and Kallen,Christian

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N.Y.: Atheneum, 1989. Appears unread..... First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Bangs,Kallen,nonfiction,raft,rafting,DJ. Catalogs: Nonfiction.
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  • Edition First Edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Atheneum
  • Place of Publication N.Y.
  • Date Published 1989

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Riding the Dragon's Back: The Race to Raft the Upper Yangtze
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Riding the Dragon's Back: The Race to Raft the Upper Yangtze

by Bangs, Richard & Kallen, Christian

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NY: Atheneum, 1989. First Edition. hardcover. Fine in a VG+, lightly rubbed Dust Jacket. Illustrated with color photos
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Riding the Dragon's Back
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Riding the Dragon's Back: The Race to Raft the Upper Yangtze

by Bangs, Richard and Christian Kallen

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New York: Atheneum, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Good/very good +. Includes color photographs of the adventure. "The upper Yangtze River is the dragon, a beautiful and savage beast.... The authors tell firsthand what its like to pit your nerve and skill against a primal force of nature." -- from the jacket flap. Publishers Weekly -- "From the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau at more than 17,000 feet above sea level, the Yangtze sweeps nearly 4000 miles to the East China Sea near Shanghai. Its source, in a remote and sparsely populated area, was discovered in 1985; few travelers had seen the upper river in one of the last unexplored regions on Earth. Bangs and Kallen, coauthors of Rivergods , wanted to be the first Americans to raft the uncharted "Great Bend'' section of the upper Yangtze. They lost out to Ken Warren and his Sino-USA Expedition; in addition, two Chinese groups planned to run the river from its headwaters… Read More
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Riding the Dragon's Back: The Race to Raft the Upper Yangtze

by Bangs, Richard, and Kallen, Christian

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9780689119323
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0689119321
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Atheneum Books, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Like New/Very Good . 9x6x0. A short tear to dustjacket. From the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau at more than 17,000 feet above sea level, the Yangtze sweeps nearly 4000 miles to the East China Sea near Shanghai. Its source, in a remote and sparsely populated area, was discovered in 1985; few travelers had seen the upper river in one of the last unexplored regions on Earth. Bangs and Kallen, coauthors of Rivergods , wanted to be the first Americans to raft the uncharted Great Bend section of the upper Yangtze. They lost out to Ken Warren and his Sino-USA Expedition; in addition, two Chinese groups planned to run the river from its headwaters (altitude 17,660 ft.) to Yibin (797 ft.). In three ill-fated expeditions of 1986 there were six fatalities. The following year, Bangs and Kallen successfully took a team of experienced rafters and well-heeled clients to the river. To their first-rate adventure story, the authors add background material on ethnic groups and… Read More
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Riding the Dragon's Back: the Race to Raft the Upper Yangtze

by Richard Bangs And Christian Kallen

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New York, NY: Laurel/Dell. Very Good Minus. 1992. First Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. 4 1/8" x 7" 0440210003 PAPERBACK 16 pages of B&W photos. In 1987, the authors of this book navigated the most perilous stretches of the Upper Yangtze. This is their story. Wear at edges, spine creased, reading creases, rubbed, light interior browning. .
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