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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsForeword ix
Acknowledgments xi
Author’s Note xiii
Prologue 1
Chapter 1 Man-Made Famine 5
Chapter 2 School Cut Short 21
Chapter 3 Storm of Revolution 35
Chapter 4 Turmoil Under Heaven 53
Chapter 5 Exiled to the Gobi 77
Chapter 6 Digging for Potatoes 93
Chapter 7 War Is Coming 109
Chapter 8 Repairing the Earth 123
Chapter 9 Battling Frozen Lake 137
Chapter 10 The Longest Night 159
Chapter 11 Unforgettable Movie Night 173
Chapter 12 Barefoot Doctor 185
Chapter 13 Brickmaking the Ancient Way 213
Chapter 14 Petition to Mao 237
Chapter 15 Pigs Don’t Fly 249
Chapter 16 Half the Sky 267
Chapter 17 Desert Dreams of College 281
Chapter 18 Last Convulsions of the Revolution 305
Chapter 19 Roads to Rome 331
Chapter 20 Old Gold Mountain 345
Chapter 21 The People’s Republic of Berkeley 379
Chapter 22 Ivy League Professor 403
Epilogue 437
Index 445
