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On his deathbed friends urged him, for the sake of his soul, to retract his incredible narrative.
Marco Polo’s only reply to their pleadings, tradition tells, was the simple comment:
“I have not told half of what I saw.”
Hildebrand, Jesse Richardson. "The World's Greatest Overland Explorer", National Geographic Magazine (Nov. 1928).
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When I went to China, I went to teach; but every day that I stayed I thought less of what I had to teach them
and more of what I had to learn from them.
Bertrand Russell, The Problem of China (1929).
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Before I reached America I knew that if I could possibly manage it and if there still be time,
I would go back.
Graham Peck, Through China’s Wall (1940).

Representative page -- Feet on Ground

Full chapter is here.

Representative page -- Nose in Books

Full chapter is here.

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One last thing:
Hardy has just published a new book, this one about birds,

The Pursuit, The Bird, The Place -- for 30 different birds in North America.

The reviews are in:

"Quite an amazing production!", "It is a great read!", "I love it!",
"love the feel of free range authorship", "What a great read!", "thoroughly enjoyed it!", "infectious!"

Just as with the book here, there's a companion website for the book: 30birds30.com

Also available right now on Amazon: 30 Birds

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*This Website *The eBook *The Paperback

Living in and reading about China

Feet on soil chapters. Nose in books chapters.

Two types of chapter, alternating: Dichotomy, duality, doubly interesting.

The complete ebook is available -- Click here -- for less than

the price of a plate of General Tso's Chicken

while this website, which contains portions of the ebook, grows periodically (slowly) through sequential postings.

The Paperback: Image. Another. Available here.

See Additional postings/Notifications for further details about the website.

If the postings here are not sufficient to whet your China appetite, see the Extended Table of Contents in the Addendum

for a summary of what the entire book contains.

Not your usual website, is this?

Table of Contents

* includes author profile

** includes link to books by author's friends

Representative page -- Feet on Ground

Full chapter is here.

Representative page -- Nose in Books

Full chapter is here.

↴ ↴ ↴ ↴ ↴ ↴ ↴ ↴ ↴ ↴ ↴ ↴ ↴

One last thing: Hardy has just published a new book, this one about birds,

The reviews are in:

"Quite an amazing production!", "It is a great read!", "I love it!", "love the feel of free range authorship", "What a great read!", "thoroughly enjoyed it!", "infectious!"

Just as with the book here, there's a companion website for the book: 30birds30.com

⇋ ⇋ ⇋ ⇋ ⇋ ⇋ ⇋ ⇋ ⇋ ⇋ ⇋ ⇋ ⇋

**This Website* ****The eBook* The Paperback*

**The Paperback: Image. Another. Available here.**

If the postings here are not sufficient to whet your China appetite, see the
Extended Table of Contents in the Addendum

One last thing:
Hardy has just published a new book, this one about birds,

"Quite an amazing production!", "It is a great read!", "I love it!",
"love the feel of free range authorship", "What a great read!", "thoroughly enjoyed it!", "infectious!"