Describes the events of the 6,000 mile march undertaken by Mao Zedong and his Communist followers as they retreated before the forces of Chiang Kai-shek.---from the publisher
In 1986, Jean Fritz went to China and talked to survivors of the Long March. It is from their recollections and her own broad, personal knowledge of Chinese history that she has written one of the most compelling accounts of the incredible 6,000 mile journey across China made by the Communist Army in 1934 and 1935.---from the publisher
124 pages 978-0399215124 Ages 12 and up
Keywords: China, Asia, history, Communism, Asian history, Social Studies Curriculum, 12 year old, 13 year old, 14 year old, narrative nonfiction
