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Based on a diary detailing a 900-mile journey by sedan chair through southern Korea in the 1880sâwritten by one of the few Westerners at the time who could speak KoreanâInside the Hermit Kingdom is an account like no other. It gives readers a rare glimpse of the kingdom of Choson in its pristine condition, before the intrusion of the outside world.

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Part 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The 1884 Korea Travel Diary of George Clayton Foulk

Inside the Hermit Kingdom The 1884 Korea Travel

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      Publisher: Lexington Books
      Publication Date: 11/29/2007 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780739120965, 978-0739120965
      ISBN10: 0739120964

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      Book Synopsis
      Based on a diary detailing a 900-mile journey by sedan chair through southern Korea in the 1880sâwritten by one of the few Westerners at the time who could speak KoreanâInside the Hermit Kingdom is an account like no other. It gives readers a rare glimpse of the kingdom of Choson in its pristine condition, before the intrusion of the outside world.

      Table of Contents
      Part 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The 1884 Korea Travel Diary of George Clayton Foulk

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